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. Policemen cleared a way fox
her vehicle, and tho coachman, lash
his horses, it was out of sight in a
few moments, Paris Letter to N. Y.
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Reporters Odd Expprlenees.
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.
Soon after a litter of kittens appeared
and tbe mother took one of them to
the new borne of the family she had
left. She went occasionally to visit her
progeny, apparently to see that it was
well cared for; but, after makirjg a
more careful inspection than nsual one
day. discontinued her visits. It seems
as if by this action she desired to make
amends for defection from the family.
A man who bas practiced medicine fr 40 -vears
ought to know salt from sugar; read wh'u be
aay :
Tot. FDD. O., Jan. TO, 1H87.
Messrs. F J. Cheney ft Co. Gentlemen ; I
have been In the general practice of medicine
for most 40 years, aad would say that In all my
practice and experience have never seen a pre
paration that I could prescribe with an much
confidence of success as I can Ball's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed it
a great many times aud Its effect is wonderful,
and would say in conclusion that I have yet to
find a case or Catarrh that it would not cure, it
they wouid take it according; to directions.
Tours truly.
L. L. GORSUCH, M. T..
Office, 215 Summit SI.
We will give $100 for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Taken internally.
F. J. CHENKY It CO.. Props.. Toledo, O.
4V-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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