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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1891)
The Coon try of Where. Io ymi know of the place whore the DwarTs Ami v-c ftniwiiins arc drestfwd In pM. Wheretlio (iimmts and Die Sprite play the mtfrditcr at nlRikt, Wltu Urn spooks la their don of mold! Where the leering- Apparitions effect sudden transpositions. And a spectral Ghost before your eyes pTtjlves Into a Fav, Where the vav and srleerul Ptxey on a reed pipes "Gh to Dixey," And the Fairies, Elves, and Visions play at leap fro all the day. TIs here the merry Merman In the moonlight leads the Germna To the music of the Zephyrs as they whistle In the trees. While the Satyrs at their dinner, half asleep pick out the winner Of a race between the Cobwebs on the race track of the breeae. Here the Tbsenlte nnd Shade arm in arm to set her wade In the shallow, turbid waters of the Stream of Lurid Fools, And the former . arrows astounded as the Theory's expounded. And la eaten with great relish by a crowd of hungry Ghouls. TU a funny kind of country where the dwarfs are dressed In potd. And the a-ftuits clad la tinsel, and the yonns are ulwaya old: Tls the Jul" of Contradiction In the chanceful Sea of Fad. Where the dwellers drink the waters, and the waters make them mad. Henry Olive, A BICYCLE IN AIR. Tbe yw Invention Which It la Claimed Will Navigate Afalnst a Head Wind. About three years ago Professor Carl Myers, a well-knowa balloon ex pert, began a series of experiments on a line he had been theorizing on for some ten or twelve years, mis oeing the construction, of a balloon or air shio which should become navirble and of some practical use. His expe rience evolved the curious nyorta ma chine known as the "air-bicycle." Briefly speaking. It is a compound of the balloon and bicycle. The me chanism is smalt and almost hidden from view when the rider is seated. It was originally In the form of a wire chair, bat has since been modified into the ordinary saddle of a bicycle. From this depends a fork, ending iu two pedals, like those of a bicycle, the fork having a head and a cross-bar with two handles, as utml. Down the center of the fork is a hollow tube iu which there is a cog-wheel and ratchet attachment, which is operated by the pedals, the handles, or both at once. This gearing furnishes the motive power of the machine. Thus the pow er applied can be varied according to the speed desired, and the hands cto rest the feet, or vice versa, without in terfering with the headway of the ma chine or decreasing its speed. In front of the head of the machine there projects horizontally a light but strong steel shaft, which fits into a steel sheath. This sheath is riid and firmly fixed to the head of the ma chine, while the shaft inside of it is cogged or racheted into the mechanism acted upon by the chain attachments of the pedals. At the extreme end of this, furthest from the rider, are four rigid arms, the end pair of which are rigidly fixed on the shenth, so that they occupy a position exactly parallel to the body of the rider; the other two are rigidly fixed on the revolving shaft, a couple of slits being cut in the sheath to permit of their movement. These arms are about three feet long and the end pair are each about four feet dis tant from the two nearest the rider. On them is spread a sheet or sail of licrht hnr nt-mnv fi nib in tiva sit foot by four, which is set edgewise to the rider, and when nt rest hangs quiver ing and shaking with every breath of air. like the sails of a ship in the dol drums. Behind the rider there extends a long; sienaer oamooo roa. ana ciosa behind the rider's back rises a wire stay which supports the "hydrogen spindle." This is the scientific name of a balloon embodying the shape of both a needle and a sphere, a long circular body, shaped like the wooden block which a boy calls a "tipcat,1 ex cept that the "spindle" is slightly flat tened underneath, making it look viae a boat turned bottom up. This spin dle is filled with hydrogen gas, gen erated from water, and is covered with the ordinary balloon netting, which is guyed to the bamboo rod, and the steel shaft, much the same as the balloon is attached to the car. The whole apparatus weighs fifteen pounds, and is steered by the fan arrangement at the rear or by shifting the center of gravity as is a bicycle. Thp principle may be most clearly defined in simple words as that of the child's air balloon it will not rise by itself, but blow under it and it soars to the clouds. This is the case with the air bicycle. The rider takes his seat, rather he stands with his seat between his legs his hands holding the handles. Stooping a. little, he springs upward into the air. and by a quick pull at the handles brings the seat right up to him so that he involuntarily sits down, his feet falling upon the pedals. A sharp, decisive pressuro on them sets the chain and cog-wheel attachment whirling, and this causes the steel shaft in front of the head to half tarn, first to the right and then to the left, the two arms revolving with it, and as the two arms attached to the shenth remain unmoved the extended duck is swung into a right or left-hand helix. varying in rapidity with the action of the pedals and producing a backward current of air similar to that expe rienced on the front platform of a swiftly moving car, only that the cur rent from the helix blows nuwnrd and etrik.es the flat lower surface of the "hydrogen spindle,1 bellying it in ward, and so still more increasing the resistance to the powerful breeze, which slowly raises the whole machine into the air. The helix at the same time grabs at the air in front, as it were, and sucks it back. In this way the action is the reverse to that of a ship's propeller, which gives momen tum to the vessel by its peculiar shape pressing against the water. The air bicycle progresses by a similar action to Chat of the propeller when the en gines nre reversed and the ship steams backward. No steering gear is actually neces sarv. although the machine carries a rudder. It will steer by the priuciples of gravitation; if the rudder leaus backward it ascends, if forward it de scends, if to the right it goes to the right; if to the left a turn to the left is the result. An inspection of the tilt of the spindle will dmm oast rate this clear ly. The most important point of all is this: With this unique machine a head wind becomes a factor of propul sion, thus solving the groat problem of aerial navigation. The head wind strikes it under the titled -up end of the spindle, forcing the machine higher and higher, while at the same time the helix ro front is carrying it for ward continually. Thus the har der it blows (iu anything short of an actual gale) the faster and easier the machine goes ahead, while the wind passes astern, and sweeping up the back of the spindle gives it a parting and additional lift forward. N. x. Recorder. . A genuine crocodile, the fifth ever known to have been captured in Flor ida, was taken recently near Punta Gorda. It was 9 feet 10 inches long. The animal resembles the alligator very much, with the exception of the head, which is much narrower, "and the upper jaw works instead of the lower; two of the front teeth- project through the tipper jaw. and all of the upper teelh retcniJiUt pearl. WIT AND IIUMOK. Two good listeners may be friends, but two good talkers never. Elmra Gazette. The egotist takes it as a personal af front when told to shut his Ts.-Orafce's Magaxine. The wedding ring The gtrU her motherland her big brother. Indiana eotis JournaL The hardest of alt things Is to get a man to stop and look himself squarely in the face. Ram's Horn, It isn't safe to judge a man by the clothes he wears they may belong to his roommate. N. Y. Herald. There Is nothing a mnn enjoys more than complainiug of his great respon sibilities. Indianapolis Journal. The fact that riches have wings may be the reason that tney enaoie a man to ny hJgn. nasningion rose Many a Congressman has the Idea that the ship of state is merely a tender to his own membership. Indianapolis Journal. Chiffey "What's that I hear about vouncr Cbeckerstripe?" - Chaff ev His clothes, probablv." Harvard Lampoon. The man who throws dice for drinks generally liuds that the drink turns around anu throws ntm. xontccrs Statesman. She "Tell me, what difference is there between a ready-made tie and one you tie yourseiir" . He "About an hour." Life. Woman may never be elected to Congress, but she will ever maintain the position of speaker of the house. lexas aijnngs. "Ton say, madam, that you have been injured by labor strikesP What line of business are yon inr" "I married striker." N.'Y. Recorder. Teacher "How would you describe Henrv VIII. of England?" Student "I would describe him as a professional widower. itarper s Bazar. Chappie was wound up last night. said Martha. "Yes; but a little too tightlv. I think." said Ethel. "He wonldn t go." N. I". Herald. Preachers rarelv make deals in mer cantile exchanges, but in their pulpits they are very apt to speculate on fut ures. jscw ur Leans tcayune. She?-"Wasn't that Bavarian lulfuby we heard in the new opera just per fect?" He "Yes. I lay awake all night thinking about It." Epoch. v hen r. man gets old enough to know himself thoroughly he begins to entertain cynical opiuious of the whole human race. Indianapolis Journal. Snooker -I bought these three-dollar trousers in a fit of economy Hunker (surveying the garment) H don't see the fit." Munsey's Weekly. "If you have a million you can get into the four hundred." "Yes, and if you have four hundred you are likjdy iu Biajr iu tiro uimiuu. xjc. "Talk about striking a tender chord," soliloquized the tramp at the woodpile; "this is one of the toughest cords I ever struck." Yonkers states man. "In the Tang dynasty in China a speech of 148 volumes was once de livered." 'That's where Blair gets it. He belongs to the Tung crowd." N. Y. Herald. "Who goeth a borrowing goeth a sorrowing," was doubtless true in the good old times; but nowadays it is the lender who does the mournful peram bulation. Life. It is not safe to judge a mau's cour age by the tone of voice he employs when he speaks to the office boy. Wait until you hear, him address his wife. A". Y. Recorder. Rose "I think VM say yes. It is better to marry a man yott respect than one you adore." Dolly "But it's so much easier to love men thau to respect them." Life. W ben some wise man said tsmor- J ance is bliss" he said something very important to women who are curious about the doings of their husbands. Atchison Qiobc. First Rival Editor "Washington couldn't tell a lie." Second Rival Editor "I can tell one as far as I can see it, and I've seen vour affidavit of circula tion." St. Paul Qlooe. When a man measures hi neighbor's sins he counts by inches and calls the result that many feet; when he meas ures his own he counts by feet and calls it inches. Atchison Globe. "Johnnie "Mamma, is Gen. Greely the clerk of the weather?" Mamma 0. do, my child. He is the cashier. He gives us our change, don't 30U know." Washington Star. "I should think you would be afraid to go home after this terrible scandal." "Not in the least. They know the worst about me. I ran for Congress last fall." A7. V. Recorder. Mr. Parson (entering snddenly) "Playing cards! 1 thought this was an anti-gambling club." Parson's Son "We are engaged in au ante-gambling game, sir." Buffalo Express. "How did you tuanae to get out of your engagement to Jessie "without a breach of promise suit?'1 "I threateued to wring her pug-dog's neck and sue jilted me.1' Al unset' s Weekly. "That was a Hue cout you made Buster, Mr. Snip. What did he pay for that?" "Nothing." lvtuiueii Suip'sad ly. -So?11 said ttiitks. "I'll lake two at the same price. r' H-jrjer Bazar. If farmers kuew as much about financiering as they thiuk they do. and financiers knew as much about farm ing as they think t..ey do. this world would be an Elysium en earth. Satur day Globe. "Don't jou thiuk that the cold weather sota-founiain is a pernicious affair, deacon?" said a medical man to his friend. ' Yes." was the reply, "but we find we must wink at it." Wash ington I'ost. Schemer "I've got a good thing for you in the way 01 au investment.1 Skimmer --All right; ycu are sure there's uomcthiug iu it?" Schemer "Not yet; I'm just trying to have you put siue cash in iu" Minneapolis Journal. Uobsou tax lZ:id a. 111., auer a four hours' tall) "Aiu't you glad summer's coming. Miss Warreu?" Miss Warren (who had beeu nerving op toit)-"Yes, : 1 am Mr. Dobson, though you'll have to excuse me. We always go to New- j port then." Life. customer iow much are jour viiietr r mnm "jue uoiiar anu half a hundred." "I'll take one. "One hundred?11 "No; oue violet. "We never sell one." "Well. I shouldn't thiuk you wouid. at thai mire." Yonkers Statesman. Jakefimpson (who had U-i-n nlwni for some time) "How are yvu -i-uiug along now. Miss Cora?" Cora lienors (blushing) "I am so living thaL when the summons comes to join' " Jake Jimpson "I've bought the ring, dear. Here it is." A'. X. Herald. Loquacious Dude-"I wead the othaw day that a European awtist has made a wawtch entiawjy of papa." Jeweler "What about the hairspring?" Loquacious Dude "O. I witckou he made that of jute or some othaw itnita tiou of haiab." Jeweler's Weekly. Bagg "I have at last cou eluded my negotiations with a Sinkall Mining Corporation." Jaggs "Yes, I heard thiT wanted you tdru rest some money. I hope it will terminate favorably to you.". Baggs "It will. I told them I would have nothing to do with their concern." -Munsey s 11 eckly. The Countess vets tired of the Ion 2, weary, dreary play and leaves her box preparatory to going home. Outside the door she finds her servant, sent to attend her, asleep against the wall "Poor fellow!" she jreiitiv murmurs. "i guess he must have been listening to it, too.- euegemus uiuuer. SUCCI'S PROTOTYPE. o Anohorlta Who Fasted In Tomb for Forty Days. . A certain "joghee" (Hindoo anchor ite), said to possess the power or sus pending at will and resuming the ani mation of his body, was sent for by Runjeet Sing, says Chambers'' s Journal, and, declining to obey, was brought by force into the tyrant a presence ana ordered to give, tinder pain 01 death, a practical proof of his supposed power. He submitted perforce. He was put by nisuiscipies through certain pro cesses, during which be became per fectly unconscious; the pulses censed, his breath did not stain a polished mirror, and a European doctor who was present declared that the heart had ceased to beat. To all appear ance he was as dead as lueen Aune. In this state he was put into a care- full v made box. the lid was closed and sealed with Runjeet Sing's own signet riug. . Ihe box was buried in a vault pre pared in an open plot or ground tinner tne royal windows at ignore, and me place was guarded day aud night by Ranjeet'sown guards under (Ten. Avi ta ble's own supervision. S.in and rain came and gncss sprung up, grew, and withered on the surface of the grave, and the sentries went their rouuds and the joghee's disciples aud friends were all kept under careful surveillance, not to call it punishment. After forty days, in Raujeet Slug's own presence, the vault was uncovered and the box extracted from it with its seals intact. It was opened and showed the joghee within precisely as he had been placed. He was taken out, dead still to all appearance, but the body incorrupt. His disciples were now brought to manipulate the body in the manner which he had taught them and which he had publicly explained before his burial. He revived as he said he would, and was soon in as per fect health as when he had suspended his life. He refused all sifts and re tired to his former retreat, but shortly afterward he and his disciples disap peared. It was not safe for such a man to live in the jurisdiction of so in quisitive and asbitrary a ruler. - Runjeet Sing eared lit tls for human life, which was his toy or plaything. No one who knonr'a his historical character will for a moment bdmit that he would let himself be deceived or played upon in a matter on which he bad set his heart. Each scene the suspension of life, the burial, the dis interment, the reviving took place in the tyrant's own preseuce. and before hundreds of spectators, in open day light, and with every precaution that absolute despotic power could com. maud. Runjeet eared little whether the man lived or died, so that his own cariosity was grattlied. Ihe guards under the palace wiudows commanded by Avitable would be auxious solely to carry out Ruujeet Sing's wishes. NONDESCRIPT ANIMALS. Bird fish 1m tli Bay of Bengal-Marina Ox In China. A reporter iu Portland recently noticed an old sailor seated on the deck of a ship, busy stuffing the skiu of some kind of nondescript animal which looked like a flying fish which had died before acquiring much of its plumage, savs the Oreaonian. When asked about the creature, the old snlt replied: 1 uardiy Know what it is. it isn t a bird aud it isn't a flying fish, but it has some of the marks of both. It could sing and it lived in the water most of the time. It came aboard in the Bay of Bengal. I was on the look out just before daylight one morniug and was standing near the heel of the bowsprit when I heard something chirping and twittering near me. 1 could not imagine what it was. as we were far from land, but, peeping down n a coil or rope near the rail. 1 saw this queer bird fish silting on the deck trying to sins;. I had a large bamboo cage in the forecastle, and so I put the fish in this cage and filled one of the pans with salt water and thought if it was a bird it could get on a perch, and if it was a fish it could go into the water." Which did it take to?" Well, it lived most of the time iu the water, but often, especially at night, it would flv out and amuse me and my mess-mates by trying to sing. One ntght as we were passiug through the Straits of Malacca we had the cage upon the caboose, and the thing was singing its best, when suddenly Hying fish began coming on boa ml by the dozens, and in half an hour we had a biscuit-box full, and we had fried fly- fish for everybodv 011 board as long as we were in the straits. When we touched at Singapore the native Usher- men said it was a ktug riving fish, aud that it would call the other flying fish on board whenever they were within heart ug." The sailor ad tied that he owned the animal about a year, and that neither he nor any of his com panions had ever seen another like it. A story similar to the one from Port land is contributed to the Pittsburg Dis patch by a Houg Kong correspondent: X here is a big lake in the landmen district of Foochow. China, about 30 li in circumference. During win let- the farmers, by the aid of rude and prim itive machinery, pump out its water to irrigate their fields. Lately some fishermen, when the water was rather low. were fishing on the lake and Saw through the clear water a huge ani mal resembliug an ox in every particu lar, except that the head had no horns. The news of the discovery of this strange beast caused great commotion, and with much difficulty and excite ment, it was finally caught. Its hairs, or rather bristles, were hard ami thick, and it weighed several hundred tatties. The most learned of the village patriarchs failed to designate the an imal by its proper name. General Johnston Only Feae. Several auecdotes are given in Har per's Weekly illustrating General John stons indifference to danger in uattle. and then this citation is made of hi opinion regarding a familiar house hold utensil: "I am the most timid man in the world, and dreadfully afraid of a kerosene lamp. The other day a servant put one in my room. I was bet half dressed, and Hiurried out as fast as I could run. I knew it was going to burst. Then think of ii! The very next night some kiud of a patent kerosene lamp was sent me as a pres ent, and the donor hit it. explaining to me the method of working it. Such was my nervousness that I never knew he was talking to me. Later, after somebody had extinguished the lamp, I tried to reason out to myself what a poltroon I was. We get hardened in time; but I assure you nothing could in duce me to light or extinguish a kero sene lamp. ... An enemy armed with kerosene lamps would drive me off the field. I should be panic personified." HOLE OF DEVIL DOCTORS. A. Mtailiinarf Tmniiformo an African Town 1m to a Gnrtlfti r m Lord- The rawer a missionary fluid the greater Is ihe likelihood of strange and startling events, suvs the Bostou" Trav eller. When, six yenrs ago. Bishop Taylor went to Africa, Sastown was a hole of murderous robbers and devil doctors. This town, so mimed from the cruel habit of administering snswood poison to suspects of witchery or whom the devil doctors might indicate, is the largest town ou the Kru coast, and situated tibout fifty miles north by northeast from Cape Palm us. At that lime no white man. or eren Liberittn, could pass it without the greatest danger of being captured and his val uables taken from him. Onlv just before. John Clinton of Grand" Bossa. coming along the coast selling goods from his cutter, was overpowered and put in one of their conical houses and smoked with burn ing pepper pods till he surrendered nearly everything he had to save his life. Two vears ago the heroic bishop en tered this town with the gospul mes sage. After a month's labor lie organ ized a church of fifteen members, all Krumeu. Undur his appointed mis sionary, the Rev. K. Valentine Ekman, and the converted Krumeu, together with a visit from the Rev. Mr. Kephart of Cape Pal mas, the work went rapidly on. Many were baptized, anil some 175 converted and joined on probation. Not only this, but, ai sparks from a brisk fire scatter and kiudle elsewhere and so spread the flames, the work had spread from this to a village twen ty miles away, which Mr. Ekman also took under his care. At a time when he was absent super intending this uew work a devil made his appearance at Sastnwii and per suaded the old war king that this busi ness meaut bad for the Kru people, and that these white men were only spies and forerunners of a host who would soon follow them, take their land, and deprive them of their liber ties. This was too much for the old king, and he called his head men to gether and took counsel. There was nothing else to be done but obey the wizard. So they determined to mur der the missionary, pull down the mis sion house and break up the mission work. The converts and their frieuds fot word of li'.e plot, and came out in tree to withstand the destruction. Meanwhile a messenger hastened to the missionary to have him come at once. Coming to the scene he found that stubborn resistance of his people had eheuked the onset and quelled the heat of the excitement, which greatly exasperated the fiendish instigator of the plot, and he started in in full rage to do the work of destruction himself. Now, sueh It the superstition of this nation that the devil doctor must be implicitly obeyed, and that It is in stant death to touch him. Ekman, however, told them that It was alt non sense; that there was uothtng super natural about the wizard; that it was ; a mere matter of strength, and that j whoever was the stronger would win. With this be started in, overcame the ' wizard, bound his hands behind him with a rope, the loose end of which he" plied to his back, and so drove him through aud out of town and let him go. The next morniug he returned full of rage, tore off the boards of the chapel, aud made general havoc The missionary went after htm once more, caught him and bouud him to a post, where he let him fry in the sun three mortal hours. Shortly after this the king became slrk and the missionary attetided him. He was very sorry that he had beeu so deceived, and begged the missionary's uardon. He prayed and sought the Lord, and oec.-tniH himself a Christian. Then he forbade the df set-ration of the Christian's Sabbatu and the erform ance of unnecessary work ou the holy day. He also forbade ihe further ad ministration of the sua wood poisou. while faith in devil doctors has goue into great discount. 8a vs Bishop Ta v lor; -Sasto w n is now a garden of the Lord, a miracle of grace." So much for the power of spiritual aud muscular Christianity. Hut, sad to relate, this good mis sionary, who began to write a letter ou the 1st of last October, stating that iu all Liberia "Bishop Taylor has no school house or bovs1 house like the oue in Sastown." never finished the letter; but on the 4th 3-telded up the work from black African fever leaving the church to mourn the loss of au efficient and successful missionary. New York's Night-Worker. The number of night-workers in New York would make quite a formidable army. It is calculated that 60.000 people begin their labors after dark and their numbers nre being constant ly increased. The hotels and restaur ants employ the greatest number, about 10.000 people being necessary to supply the city's night wants in that direction. The bakers come next on the list, and that the sleeping portion of the city may have its hot rolls and fresh bread for the coming day 7,000 people are laboring. The saloon-keepers aud their assistants number the same as the bakers. The butchers are 3.000 strong and the gardeners and marketmcn are equally numerous. The sleamboatmen and sailors, the liverymen and hack-drivers, and the milkmen are 7.500 hi number. The surface cars need 2.000 men and the elevated roads 1.500. There are 2.000 engineers and firemen, 1.000 district messenger boys. 1,000 printers, and 1,000 meu in the fire Department. The i different telegraph offices employ 700 men. and the journalists, Post-Office clerks and Custom-Hoiise inspectors ; number each about 400. There are ! 1,700 men iu the Police Department, j and just oue-half of these patrol the streets every night. Then there are private watchmen, laborers, fruit venders, &e.. anil the number is esti mated at 10.000. Only for these night workers the life aud well-leing of the c i ty wo 11 1 d be bad I y i n co m p le te. JSf. Y. Letter to Richmond Times. Gold That Goes Into Molar. Interview with a Boston dentist: A dentist iu good practice uses overfl,- 000 worth of gold in a year in filling teeth. Some prepare their own gold, getttug it from a United States mint, and then making it chemically pure. Others get it from the gold-beaters, but the greater part obtain it from dental supply firms. This gold is put up in eight-ounce packages, packed in small glass vials, each containing a fraction of an ounce. The cylindrical pieces of gold in it are gold foil of a very soft and spongy kind. When hammered into a hollow tooth one of these cylinders will uot take up one twentieth of the space it occupied iu the vial. There are several deutal supply factories iu the country. The largest is on Stalen island, aud turns out $500,000 in gold for dental pur poses every year. iietieatn Contempt. Mr. De Broker 4I am a defaulter, and I want you to defend me." Great Lawyer "Certaiulv. Mr. De Broker, I'll get you off all right. Have no fear. How many millions is it?" Mr. De Broker (with dignity) -Sir, 1 am short only a few thousand, and I hope to pay that some day." Great Lawyer (to office boy) "James, show this vile scoundrel the door!" JV. Y. Weekly. fOH HOHSbBAUK HIUtHS. Maxims Which Will Intrt Frrqnentera of the Brldtfi Path. Avoid the drives whenever possible. The grouud Is harder than in the bridle paths aud your horse is more liable to slip. It stings your horse's feet to canter, or even to trot fast, over a hard surface. Never spur your horse to make him "show off." Those who you think are admiring your horsemanship are un doubtedly jeering at you as a simple ton. Keeping your horse quiet, yet well up to the bit, bespeaks a steady hand, a firm seat and, in fact an ac complished rider. Do not rush by a lady. Her horse grows excited at the rapid approach of another and Is liable to bolt. If you cannot ride well without the aid of stirrups, don't put on spurs. More casualties have resulted from spurs than any other cause. Your horse shies, you lose your balance, your spurs prod his flanks and, naturally, he runs away. Horse and rider both lose their heads and the chances are you may both lose your lives. Unless It be absolutely necessary, never dismount in the Park or ou the road when accompanied by a lady. If there be anything amiss with her habit, saddle or bridle the evil can be remedied just as well mounted. Should the lady's saddle have turned, that is, of course, another matter, and the best thing to do is to walk slowly until a policeman is met or a friendly stroller comes along, who will keep an eye to the horse while you work at the girths. Nothing Is so awkward as "toes turned out." Keep your elbows close to your sides. increase or diminish pressure on the bit by movement of the wrist. You cannot control a horse by physical strength. For morning rides wear a derby; in the afternoon a silk hat. Leggings, sack or top coat and derby are har monious. Long trousers, cutaway coat aud silk hat are another combi nation. Let your horse know that a blcyele will not harm him. Permit him to stnud quietly as the machine goes by and, meanwhile pat him on the neck or shoulder and speak to him kiudly. Rider and Driver. UHtlUNHAKcMMUNtT, Bank Nntrt In Kn-iand, Frnc, Sonth Atnerle( Germany, China, talyt Jgte The Bank of England note Is about 5x8 inches in dimensions, and is print ed in black ink on Irish linen water lined paper, plain white, and with ragsed edges. ihe notes of the Bauque de France are made of while, water-lined paper, printed in bine and black, with numer ous mythological and allegorical piotr urea, and running lu denominations from the 30-franc note to the 1,000 franc. South American currencv, in most countries, is nloitt the size and gen eral appearance of American bills, ex cept that cinnamon brown and slate blue are the prevailing colors, nod the Spauish and Portuguese nre the pre vailing languages engraved on the face. The Germati currency is rather ar tistic The bills are printed iu greeu and black. They run iu denomina tions from 6 to 1.000 marks. The lat ter bills are printed ou silkfibttr paper. The Chinese paper currency is in red. white and yellow paper, with gilt lettering and gorgeous little hand drawn devices. The bills, to the or dinary tinnucier. might pass for wash ing bills, but they nre worth good money in tle Flowery Kingdom. Italian notes are of all sizes. sha)es and colore. The smaller bills 9 and 10 lire notes are printed nn white paper in pink, blue and carmine inks, and ornamented with a finely engraved vignette of KingHumbert. T:e 1 00-r utile note of Russia is barred from top to bottom with ail the colors of tlie rainbow, blended as when shown through a prism. In the cen ter, in bold relief, stands a large, Hnely exeeuted viguelte f the Empress Catheriue . This is in black. The other engraving Is uot at all intricate or elalwraie. but is well done in dark and light brown and black inks. The Austrian bill is printed on light co lo ret I thick paper, which shows none of the silk fiber marks or geometrical liues used in American currency as a protection ngaiust counterfeiting. Each bears upon it a terrible warning lo counterfeiters, threatening the peni tentiary confinement -to any one who shall make, sell or have in possession any counterfeit- or fac-siinile of this bill." CARE OF BEDDING. It Should Rreeira u Great Deal Mora At. tent Ion than It Doea. There are very few people who take proper care of bedding, says the 27. Y. Tribune. Iu the nature of things, it is not possible without a great expense to have the covering of mattresses and pillows frequently renewed; therefore, every paius should be taken to keep them fresh. It is a common thing to leave rooms which are unoccupied fit ted up ready for a guest, with even the sheets and bed covering on the bed. Iu this way the bed gathers dampness in a cold, un aired room for a long time, and the most serious conse quences may result to the first uufort 11 n ate guest who occupies that room. Whenever a room is 'unoccupied for any length of time the bedclothes should be put away in the linen-closet, and the mattresses lifted up from the bedstead so the air can strike it on all sides. It is a moment's work to dust the bedstead, replace the mattress and make up the bed with thoroughly aired bedclothes, and the refreshment that is experieuced from a sleep ou such a bed compared with the nightmare of an experience in a room where the beddiug has not been aired for per haps six months more than pays for the trouble. It is a positive injury to a good hair mattress to keep it without properly airing and turning it for months. As soon as a mattress is made it should be basted up in a cover of un bleached sheeting. To make these 00 vers, tear off lengths of sheeting twice the length of the mattress, al lowing half a yard extra for the ends. Hem, on the machine or by hand, each end of a length of sheeting, and lay the mattress on it and baste it up iu it. In this way the mattress is completely protected from dust aud from contact with the hands of careless chamber maids. At least once a year this cover should be removed and washed. In the same way : cover should be made for bolsters, which is basted down closely to the bolster and thus save the ticking from becoming soiled aud yel low. Every mattress iu regular use should be turned at least once a week. Fur this reason a mattress with a wool top or hair top and husk, excelsior or some inferior material should be avoided. It is better to have the mattress of all husk or any material, but alike ou both sides, and have an extra pad or thin piece made to lny over it to make it soft. Nothing is more uncomfortable than a cotton top; therefore, co mat tress should ever be purchased with this "improvement." Cotton is heat ing because it is sodden in texture aud can not be aired like hair or wool, which, like all animal fibers, are light and spiral iu their ultimate form, and therefore better adapted to budding be- ARTISTIC WALLS. flow to 8l!t Wnll-Pnpar that l Cheer ful anrt EfT-vUvn. The highest art is now displayed Id the designs for wall-paper, and" there Is no discounting the magnificent ap pearances of some of these latest patterns when properly placed on the lidos of the room. Large figures in old gold, especially scroll work in borders, nre used. In seleciiug wall-paper it should be chosen in accordance with good taste, and the most important question to decide is w hether it is to form a decoration for itself or whether it is to become n mere back grouud for pictures. In cither ease the colors should be subdued in tone, and two shades of light drab or silver-gray will be found the most appropriate for this purpose. Where water-color drawings are hung In a drawing room paper of embossed white or cream color, with very small spots of gold, will not be amiss. The patterns should also be selected wiiu reicrence to the place. Where a large part of the wall Is to be presented to the eye a greater play of line in me patterns may De attractive, but in nil other situations the patterns should be comparatively simple. It is a mistake to make "the wall-paper decorations of the same color of the furniture. Instead of repeating the color of the furniture and hangings It siiouiu oppose il. contrast is as essen ttal us simplicity to good taste it household decoration. In selecting papers for the walls one should not trust simply to the pattern books. A paper that has been ordered will often look darker or lighter after it is hung than tt did in the pattern book. In order to avoid disappoint ment iu this respect it Is advisable to take several lengths of the paper aud suspenu tuem smo oy Bine on the wall, and notice carefully the general effect it has upon the eye and the room. The leaves 01 certain plants conventionally treated are very effective decorative forms. Ihe ivv, maple, oak and li leaves are beautifully adapted to this purpose, ano tney come in large and small designs on wall paper. Where two shades of the same color are em plo3-ed. and quietness of effect is espe cially desired, the overlaid tint should be but very little darker than the ground; uud if drawings and other tilings ure lo be hung upon it the pat tern should be kardlv discernible from a little distance. The most dreary method of decora t ing the wad of a sttting-roora is to cover it all over with au unrelieved pattern of monotonous design. Yet many housewives who are careless about such matters, or probably do not know the secret of the art, will do this every Spring that their paper is changed. Paper-hanging should iu no case be allowed to cover the whole space of a wall from skirting to ceil ing. A plinth space of plain color. either in paper or distemper, should be left to a height of two or three feet from tiie Hour. A light wood mould ing, stained or gilded, should separate litis ironi tne paper auwre. A second space of frieze, left just below the ceiling aud titled with arabesque orna ment, is always effective, but. oi course, always involves more expense. Gold, when iudioiauslv introduced, is always a valuable udjunct iu the de sign 01 papr nangtugs, out it tre-qtientl- doubles ami sometimes treb les the price 01 a piece. ft. x. World. STQ?tf OF A V OLIM. An OIt M t Ifinn ltr -t'lt with Cm Vt'rtta 1 Tra!tiiHirr. A Stabler v'oun was sold in Lubeck rceniiv for 7;0. Earlr in Ihis ceo tiirv it was purchased for $100. which :is then considered a high price for it. Since that lime, however, the value of Staiuer instruments has risen so re markably that the price paid in Lubeck is regarded as phenomenally low. The most otlv Staiuer in the world uns sdd in 391 for f 6. 000. under these curious circumstances. Ihe German Count Wenzel Truuttmansdorf enter tained at hi castle Emimror Charles VI.. King Frederick William of Prussia and other Princes of high and low degree, sueh as flow led Germanv in those dionant days. For their pleas ure he had arrange! violin concerts by Faustina and Mattro AlessL Alessi played on a wonderful Cremona in strument mo exquisitely that he moved tne uniiit 10 tears. Alter the hrst con cert the Count determined that he must have the Cremona for his own private coucrt master. He offered fabulous sums for it, but Alessi said he would sooner sell his life, and so the negotiations came to naught. The rumor of the Count's attempt to get the Cremona weut abroad, and some weeks later an uuknown old man appeared at the castle door with a worn and shabby violiu case under his arm. The servauts refused to admit him. TelI your master." he said to them, '"that heaven's music is waiting nt his door." The Count received him. The o'tl man drew from the unworthy case a perfect instrument the work of Jacob Stumer's own hand, and played it so inarvellou!- that the Count and his people forgot all about the Cremona. The old man was wilting to let his in strument go on the condition that he might pass the rest of his life near it and play it ouce daily. The haggliug as to the price lasted for two weeks, at the end of which the Count got the Btainer by agreeing to give the old man $150 in money at once, free food and shelter for life, free light and wood, one new suit of clothes annually one-half a bushel of wheat aud $b monthly, all the hares he could eat. a measure of wine daily, and two huge barrels of beer every year. The old man lived almost tweuty years after having made this contract, played al most daily on his adored instrument before the Count, and consumed fully $6,000 worth-of the Count's money anil provisions. His violin is still preserved intact. It was last played in 1854, at the marriage of the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria. The maker of nil Stainers," as well as the father of the German violin, whs Jacob Staiuer of Absam, in Tvrol. He lived from 1621 to 1683. Length of Whales. Most of the stories we hear about whales of 200. 300 and 400 feet in lengt h are the imaginary musings of persons who have more respect for the size of a story lhan for the truth it may con tain. Mr. Seoreshy.a very high author ity on this subjeci, declares that the common whale seldom exceeds 70 feet in length, aud m much more frequent ly under 60. Out of 362 whales which he personally assisted in capturing not one exceeded 58 feet in length, ami the largest he ever heard of being captured aud measured by persons who could be relied upon only measured 77 feet. Of the razor-backed whale ho has seen specimens that measured 105 feet. Oue of these was found dead iu Davis straits which measured 101 feet, and a skeleton of one found iu Columbia river was 112 feet. Other specimens have measured all the way from 80 to 100 feet. Oue cast ou shore at North Berwick. Scotland, and preserved by Dr. Knox, was 83 - feet iu length. These instances seem to establish the average length of these huge animals. In his earlier accounts Cuvier, the eminent naturalist, with considerable credulity, savs: "There is no doubt that whaio have been seen iu certain epochs and in certain seas (hat were upward of 3iH) lot. or 10 yards, louif." THE BITER BIT. 1 Green Cnnntryman !! Sharp at 111 Own Obib. A well-dressed man had attracted a crowd of gaping onlookers round him by a number of ingenious and skillful ly executed tricks with a pack of cards, says Pearson's Weekly, and at last. shuf fling the cards several times and slap ping them down on knees, he said: ril bet any man that I can cut the knave of diamonds at the first at tempt." Every one hung back, suspicious of him. until a green, gawky-looking In dividual pushed his way forward. Mister." he questioned. may I take a squint at them keerds?" 'Certainh," replied the professional as he handed them over. The coun tryman inspected them suspiciously, and then, apparently satisfied, return ed them, but did not take the bet. "The cards are all right, aren't they?" the professional asked. "Ya'as, J the countryman said, hesi tatingly. Why don't yon take my bet then? 4 'Weil, I don't know; I an't much of a bfclting man." The professional saw that the coun tryman was more than half inclined to take him up. and, to make sure of his game, he said: "Come. I'll bet 10s. to 6s., 15s. to 6s., 1 to 5s." "Hanged if I don't take ye." ex claimed the countryman, after a mo ment's hesitation; aud diving into his pocket he drew out a strip of calico (apparently a sample to show his giri), some cheese, a plug of tobacco, sev eral horseshoe nails, and, lastly, a dj-speptic-looking leather purse, from which he extracted two half crowus, which he placed in the hand of a by stander. The professional speedily covered the deposit with a bright sov ereign, and then, thoroughly shuffling the cards as a prelude, he grasped the pack firmly in one hand, and produc ing a sharp pocket-knife, he cut every card in two at a stroke. "There," he exclaimed, triumphant ly, "haven't I cut the knave of dia monds?"' I'1I be eternally, blamed if you have." the countryman replied, pro ducing that veritable card from his sleeve; whither he bad dexterously converted it while pretending to ex am i no the cards. Tte cou utry m au quietly pocketed th'i stakes, and the professional slunk off. TALMAGE'S BUSY WIFE. A Gllmpte of tli f,rt Prmehet'i Mrs. Talmage is distinctly her hus band's right hand, and all the details of his Itttsv life are looked after by her, iays Edward W. Bok in The Ladies'1 Home Journal. She is a business woman, having a rare executive abil ity, eapable of easily handling a num ber of things at the ame time. Much ol Dr. Talmagu's daily work is planned md laid out by her. She makes his pastoral aud social engagements, and til his lecturing interests are in her hands. She knows his capacities even better thau he. Whenever a journev Is to be made, it is she who lays out the route, procures the tickets and staterooms, and attends to all the de tails. No public man, perhaps, is saved so mauv annoyances as is Dr. fa I mage hv his wife's foresight and ability. The rear apartment of the second floor is Mrs. Ta Image's work- f room. It is tastefully furnished. but more with an eye to utility than ornamentation. In tins room Mrs. Talmage spends most of her time. It is her private den." All the mail that is left at the house for Dr. Tal mage is taken into this room and is opened by tier. It is not an unusual thing for the postman to deliver be tween one aud two hundred letters a day, all of which pass through Mrs. Ta I mage's hands. Business letters are auswered bv her, aud all letters that may be of an unpleasant or an noying personal nature are destroyed. Dr. Talmage never sees them. A day in Airs, lalmage s home would be a revelation to those who be lieve that the life of a public man's wife is a success ion of pleasnres.dotted nere witn a pretty compliment and there with some token of honor. While many people are yawning and prepar ing 10 areas tueir mgnt s rest. Airs. Talmage is already up, opening the first mail. Breakfast is promptly at ht o'clock. Then the family sepa rate and the wife begins to receive eallers which alone is a task. It is a well-known saying among the neigh bors that "the Talmage bell is never still." All kinds of people must be seen, innumerable appointments made and kept the pastoral work of the largest church in America must be looked after, the details of a score or more missionary, church, literary so cieties with which Mrs. Talmage, or her husband, is connected, have their demands, and, in addition to all these. are the household cares of a large house and a family of growing chil dren. AU the appointments of the Talmage home in Brooklyn reflect the wotnau who presides over iu traudi ness in furniture or decorations is ab sent, and, instead, one sees a harmony of good taste on every hand. Mrs. Talmage is an excellent housekeeper and her home shows it. Eugenie Oaue of Frinoe. I was never more shocked in my life than when the train stopped aud Empress Eugenie faced round to get out. There is stilt in the profile some thing of the old Eugenie who wielded the scepter of fashion, although a twisted and sunken mouth spoils the purity of the outline But the front face was almost caricatural. One sees a poor forehead, narrow at the temples, eves set close to each other, banging eyelids, brows raised high above the bridge of the nose and falling rapidly toward the corners of her eyes, a long aquiline nose wide at the nostrils, and of no width at the bridge, a wide lower-fac and falling pouch-cheeks. The expression was almost silly, though it tells of infinite moral suffer ing. I fancy she must have suffered most because Iter pride was humiliated and her sixteen years of triumph end ed iu disgrace. The hair, almost snowy, was very beautiful, ami was be comingly dressed. It went well with her biauched complexion. She had to be almost lifted out of the train, and had two sticks in her hands. M. de Raitnbeau. when she was set on her feet, gave her his arm and she glanced around. The face look a dazed, weak expression. A crowd of grimy meu and women who were going to the cheap working-class cars to ride to St. uems came on tne put norm, recog nized her and stopped. They tried to mob her. Curiosity was the feeling uppermost. But the elderly folks. who remembered the empire and its fall were bitter. Tiie police tried to force opeu a way, and the poor old lady, supported by M. de liaimbean and Pietri, hobbled down the platform to where two carriages awaited her aud her party. When she got into the foremost one she seemed to enjoy for a moment beiug stared at by a mob. But an old man came up. and shaking bis fist, asked what business she had with such luxury, after bringing ruin upon France. The volatile crowd in an instant looked hostile. The Empress fell back into a corner, as if from faint ness. 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A party of uewspaper men who were iodolgiDg iu a daybreak hineheoo were talking over the qneer incidents that bespangle their iridescent existences. "The funniest tiling le encountered lately," said one. "was connected with very sad aff;iii the shooting of the youug woman organist of a down-. town church by an ins:ine stranger who i ma wined she had jilted him. I was told off to break the news to her folks (she was thought lo be mortally woqduihI), ami went around to their apartments in a frihtfuMr nervous condition. When I reached there the door was opened by a sweet young man witti bangeii hair ana a soprano Toice, who announced, in answer to my hrst questions, that he was the yon og lady's brother. - "I beckoned him out into the hail and told him the story. Instead of falliug in a rage and askiosr, 'Where is he!" as the average brother would do. he raised bis band affectedly and said: What! Sly sister shot! With a revolver! Well, I think that man was real mean, don't you? He ought to have that pistol taken right away from him. - I bad the eood fortune to be sent." said another reporter, "to the big Cohen-Cohen wedding in Park Row last year. I fell into the hands of Harris Coheo, the father, father-in law. and uncle of the happy couple, and went around with him to salute the bride. After I had performed that pleasing ceremony I asked him about the presents. l 'Hh, dev baf efewdings, said Mr. Cohen; 'bouses, carriages, checks, und di'monds, di'monds, di'monds. "About how many diamonds are there altogether?' I asked. ' 'Veil.' said Cohen oarelessl v. '1 dinks dere vas a pout dree-quorters of a pount.'" A Cat's Remarkable Performance. A Jersey Citv family's cat is credit ed with rather a remarkable perform ance. The family made a chane-e of domicile, going not far away, taking tbe feline with them. Pussy was not satis tied with her new quarters, how ever, and returned to the deserted house, where she seems to have been kindly received bv the new occoDants. 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