"vi,i
JEALOUSY.
A POWERFUL WARSHIP.
HE MET HER ONCE.
It was 4 o'clock. Louise tru rnmvrng
long the pebbly path of her garden, flit
ting among the rose bushes like a butterfly
ad stopping from time to time to breathe
the perfume of a newly blown flower. M.
Jacques de Beauchamp entered the garden.
The little widow, perceiving him, hid her
elf behind an orange tree. Bnt Jacques
ran to her, and surprising her kissed her
on her forehead.
"Ah, Monsieur de Beaoohamp," ahe cried,
that is not nice of yon."
Louise was of medium height Bhe had
very small hands and feet, white shoulders
and thick black hair. Her teeth were so
whit that when she laughed they glistened
like pearls.
Louise leaned npon the arm of M, de
Beanchamp, and they went into the parlor.
They agreed so well that they bad planned
to be married. Nevertheless each of tbem
had a defect. M. de Beauchamp was jeal
ous and Mine, de Viry was coquettish.
"Louise," he said to her, "you will drive
me to despair. You say that you love me,
but how can I believe It when I see yon
smiling at every admirer and giving to ev
. ary corner so sweet a reception? When I
see yon in society so full of life and gayety
and hearyonr ringing laughter from the
midst of aoircle of ardent admirers, It is
impossible for me to tell you the tortures
and angnish I endure."
"What can 1 do, dear?" inquired Louise.
"I am gay, it Is true, but is that a crime?
And why should I be cold to those who ap
proach me only to say pleasant and agree
able things?"
"You are a coquette, and your laugh
makes me despair because if you laugh
thus against my wish it must be only to
how your teeth. You know very well how
adorable yon are when in laughing with a
fixed purpose yon throw back your bead
and show your pretty wnite neck."
"But what must 1 do to prove my love
for you? It is becoming desperate. Ask
OI me wuat you please, uui, uu nut on uio
not to laugh any more. I am only hap
py when 1 am glad and free to be light
hearted."
M. de Beauchamp assumed a solemn air.
"You said to me one evening that yon would
make for me the sacrifice of your life. I
do not ask so much as that But listen.
Do you wish to make me the happiest man
on earth?"
"You have bnt to speak."
"Even at the price of suffering?"
"Yes, at any price."
"Well, then, make me the sacrifice of ana
tooth."
"What are yon demanding of met It la
barbarous!"
"Only a tooth the smallest one. In the
(rout. And afterward you may laugh a
much as you please."
"But you will think I am ugly ana wir.
Dot love me any more."
"I swear to you there is no other way to
assure my happiness,"
The countess rang the bell. John, her
valet, took her onlers and came bock a
quarter of an hour later with a gentleman
' carrying m uis nana a leavuer isaw sucu m
is used by surgeons.
" Who is that person ?" asked 1L de Beau
abamp. The oountess answered:
"It is Mr. James, the American dentist,"
The little countess entered her boudoir,
followed by Nito, his tail between his legs,
as if he understood that something serious
was about to happen. Louise returned
shortly afterward ashamed and humbled
and gave to M. de Beauchamp a little tooth
as white as milk, which he carried to his
lips and covered with kisses. Seeing this
tribute of affection Louise ran away.
Jacques had the tooth set in a medallion
and carried it religiously around his neck
;, as a souvenir.
From that day the little countess became
very sad. Only upon rare occasions was
her face lighted up by a smile. Bhe kept
aloof from society as much as possible, but
when sue was forced by her social duties to
appear among her friends they saw her
keeping apart from the others or sitting in
a corner with a serious air, her month closed
like a prison door.
Jacques did not easily recognise her. In
tact, she was greatly changed.
"Poor countess," said sume evil minded
ones, "she is getting old. Howchangedshe
Is She seems to be mourning the dead. "
And Jacques felt his love diminish little
by little. He began to understand that
what he loved In her was especially her
' smile, her playfulness, her gayety, and he
also became sad. The more he tried to re
gain his love, which seemed to be leaving
him, the more he realised that he himself
had killed his passion.
One day he went in despair to lime, de
Viry.
"Louise," he said, throwing himself at
her feet, "do you love me still?"
"I have sworuto love you always, and
thestllleryou are the belter," she answered.
"Will you prove to me the sincerity of
your words?"
"I ask nothing else."
"Well, then, if you love me have Uio
dentist nut in a new tooth."
"What folly is this?" said Louise, weep
ing. "1 was right when I said that you
would not love me any more. That is just
like you men. And you reproach us for be
' ing capricious'"
"Louise, I beg you to forgive me. I curse
my Jealously my foolishness."
' "So you are only regretting the weakness
with which I acceded to your caprice?"
' "I am desolate and full of remorse."
"You recognise the cruelty of your un
reasonable request?"
"I will reproach myself for it all my life."
"Would you be happy If I had disobeyed
you?"
"I would give anything for that."
The little countess gave a burst of laugh
ter, which showed all her teeth complete.
"What does this mean?" asked M. dc
Beauchamp, holding in his fingers the me
dallion in which was incased as a souvenir
, the little pearl of the sacrifice,
The oouute&s opened the mouth of Nito,
laying, "Here is the victim."
"Ah," cried M. de Beauchamp, "you
mver loved me!" From the t rench.
United Mates Ooverament. , . ''"'"
Th. Iowa will be when complete the down av"e otal "V"
most advanced type of battleship in the lonable promenade. The day was bright,
United Statesnavy. The appropriation pro- and I felt vexed that I had Inadvertently
vides that the vessel shall cost, vxclusiveof picked up myumbrclla instead of a cane,
amament and speed premiu: i, not mors However, the annoyance soon merged into
than W,000,000. The Iowav. nl be a for ..,mt( fnr mddenlv the sun dlsao-
reidable battleship. The following are - . drencinl hower scattered I cle Sam as a cadaverous old crank dressed
W riinumMimis: Length rm load water 1 ! ..... in ti.a hBtl,th nt viiliAtHtv snlttiii! riizht
line, iWOfeeti extreme breadth of beam, 7 the Pedestrians m every direction jayun,
feet; displacement at normal draft, U,u . brella proved of litUe avail, and nearing
tons; freeboard forward, 24 feet.. The Iowa the Hotel I ran up the stepsleading to
will have engines with a maximum indi- the ladles' entrance. Hastily opening the
cated horscpowerof 11,0(10, and she will he enter door, I was soon in the vestibule.
able to steam more than 1A knots an hour. There stood a woman whose appearance I
UNCLE 8AM A3 OTHERS SEE HIM.
He Is Pictured as an Octupus by a Mell
. can Cartoonist, . '
When our comic papers picture John
Bull us a stocky old fellow, grabbing at all
the lands attainable, or Jobnuy Craneau
(France) as a dudish frog or rooster or
something worse, Americans think It very
funny, and many of them consider it Just.
Hut when toreign caricaturists picture un-
THEY BURIED HIM.
Bhe will be able to carry 2,000 tons of coal,
and her crow will consist of 436 officers and
men.
The engines will be rights and lefts, and
will be of the vertical, inverted cylinder,
direct acting, triple expansion type. There
will be a 30-inch high pressure, and a 55-inch
Intermediate pressure, and an 85-inch low
pressure cylinder, each piston having a
stroke of 48 inches. The working pressure
of the boilers will be 100 pounds to the
square inch. The total heating surface of
the main boilers will be 33,951 square feet,
and the grate surface 756 square feet. The
boilers will be of the horizontal, return
6-tube type. There will be 8 main double
ended and 9 auxiliary single ended steel
boilers in the Iowa.
' Tint BATTLKSniP IOWA.
The Iowa's battery will be a particnlarly
heavy one and will consist of 4 12-inch
bmechloading rifles, 8 B-inch Breecnioading
rifles. 6 4-inch rapid fire rifles, 30 6-pound-
era, 4 1-pounders, 4 gatling guns and 1 field
gua There WUI be naruette turrets l
forward and 1 art lor tne iB-incn guns.
Four barbette turrets 3 on each broadside
will contain the 8-inch rifles. Four of the
4-inch guns will be in armored sponsons on
the gun deck, and the other two will be on
the bridge at the extreme end of the super
structure. The 6-pounders will be distrib
uted about on the gun deck, the bridges
and superstructure. Two of the 1-pounders
will be placed in the military tops with
the gatling guns, and 3 will protect the ex
treme end of the gun deck.
The bull of the Iowa about the water line
region will be protected by a side armor
belt 14 inches thick and an average width
of 7 feet 6 inches. The bull will be of steel
nnsheathed. The vessel will havea double
bottom and water tight compartments ex
tending 10 feet above the load water Una
She will carry no sail and will have bnt 1
militarv mast.
Tne uirueues and turrets for the 13-inch
guns will he 15 inohes thick. The conning
tower will have steel sides 10 inches thick
and an armored communication tube 7
inches thick. The barbettes for the 8-inch
guns will have a maximum thickness of 8
inches. The 4-inch guns will ne protect
by stationary steel shields, which are really
parts of the bull, as they are built into it,
forming armored sponsons. Shields and ex
tra side plating will afford protection tor
the smaller guns. The deck will be of steel
of a minimum thickness of S inches. Trans
verse armor and a cellulose belt will add to
the protective quality of the Iowa, which
will be a valuable addition to the United
States navy.
Are foe Ufl Kjd or Right Bred'
There are but few ambidexters, either
in the matter of hands, feet or eyes. It
may sound rather queer, but it is a fact
nevertheless, that Wk out of every i(X)
human beings are right handed, left
legged and left eyed.
Felix Hetnent, who Knows more aoout
eves in a minute ttmu hair or tne opti
cians and oculists of the country have
been able to learn in a lifetime.
marked that it is an established fact that
we all use one eye more than we do the
other, which establishes as clear a case
of "left and right eyednese" as though
the same terms were need to denote a
preference in the nse of hands and feet.
If yon want to decide as to whether
your friends or relatives are right or left
eved. give them a small teleacoiie or spy
glass to look through or have them take
"aim" with a gun. We all take great
interest in ascertaining the color, size,
shape and visual poweroof our children's
eves, but how many of us stop to con
sider whether they are "right" or "left
eyedr St. Louis Republic
Bsmle riber for Pipes.
Steam pipes are made of ramie fiber,
hardened under tremendous hydraulic
pressure, and possessing a tensile strength
squai to two and one-half times that of
steel. The ramie buer, or Cuina grass,
has the property of being unaffected by
moisture; it will not shrink nor swell, it
la a nonconductor of heat, it cannot
rnst, and these features, together with
lb) great strength, are all desirable in
steam cipes, its utilization in this line
being regarded, therefore, as one of the
possibilities of the future. New York
Bun.
shsll never forget. She was of medium
height and plainly, though fashionably
dressed. Her face was not beautiful, but it
was strikingly intellectual, and, further
more, It possessed that cnarm oaiiea ny tne
English fetching. That Bhe was of gentle
birth I instinctively felt confident, but what
impressed me more deeply was the expres
sion of grief, of trouble, which the first
glance at her face revealed. She also ap-
neared emit unable to control ner nervous
ness. Fretending to allow my cioseu um
brella to drin before entering the house, I
stood almost at her side, glanoing out the
fflass naneled door and watching her at In
tervals. She showed in every motion she
was not at ease.
At length, without knowing what prompt
ed me to do so. I said: 1
"Pardon me, but may I be of any service
to vour"
"If I might borrow your umbrella for a
few moments, I shall be under lasting obli
gations to you.
She refused politely but firmly my re
peated efforts to persuade her to let me call
a cab. and saving. "I will return it to you
here," she tripped rapidly down the steps
and turned in the direction or up town.
I entered the hotel and lighted a cigar.
As I sat smoking, at peace with the world,
I wondered what it was that so troubled
the little woman. My cigar finished, I re
turned through the corridor and again stood
In the vestibule. The sun had reappeared
and was shining brightly. I stepped aside
to allow a woman to enter, and was about
to close the door for her when she said:
"Sir. I think these are for you."
With this she handed me a card, a tube
rose almost hidden in three leaves of Eng
lish ivy and my umbrella I glanced at the
card; it read, "Mrs. Alfred B ." It was
the name of a man beside whose deathbed I
had sat years before in Arizona! Above
the name was written with a pencil, "With
many thanks for the courtesy of a strau-
tn the helghth of vulgarity, spitting right
and left and encouraging discontent in Ire
land and elsewhere, it is not so fuuny. In
fact, it is voted as infamous.
We lauirh at Englishmen's errors about
our poll tics, but the average American ed
itor thinks nimscu penectiy quauuea io
settle the eastern question offhand. Mex
ico, too, is satirised unmercifully, and now
her humorous papers are paying us onck in
our own coin with good interest. A recent
issue of El Hljo del Ahnlzote of Mexico
City, a paper in opposition to President
Diaz, has a picture covering two of its
pages representing Uncle Samasanocto-
The Medical Professloa la Germany.
The German empire has 30,500 physicians,
838 dentists, 4,Uti4 apothecaries' shops and
yoo hospitals, with 185,003 beds. ... i .
To Help Laboring Men.
To overcome the serious results that
are experienced upon coming from pro
tracted labor tinder compressed air, a
waiting chamber, where one can rest
and have the change of pressure take
place gradually, has been used of late,
and it has been found that tome diseases
Incident to such work are prevented and
some cases cured. The time for resting
varies from five to twenty minutes,
New York Times.
aer."
Was this poor old u 's witer uverana
over again I asked myself this question.
Thouah B and I had bean chums in old
cavalry days, and I had known him to be a
married man, yet I bad never met his wile
Unaccountable as it may seem, this woman
filled my thoughts. I threw down the even
ing naner Impatiently and went to tne play.
It was useless. I still saw tnat trouuiea
face.
'Surelv." I said mentally, "if B 's wife
is In trouble, I may claim acquaintance
with her through his memory, if not by the
instrumentality of the umbrella episode. It
was stumd in me not to have asked the
maid where she lived.,J3ut perhaps the
card boars her residence, i es, m ave
nue.' I will call tomorrow." '
I rested badly and arose unrefreshed. By
12 o'clock I was well on my way toward
her dwelling. .1 passed 80 and thought
hers Is the second door beyond. Alas! A
large bow of black crape encircled the bell
knob, and the long ends floated languidly
lnthe breeze.
This exnlams her uneasiness," I said as
I passed by rapidly. "I wonder if it is her
mother? Pwsibiya cnua. 1 win see oy
the newspapers."
I went to my club ana tnere one alter tne
other read the death notices. "Strange!"
I muttered. "I will learn later." But later
the result was the same. Perplexed and
strangely uncomfortable I sought various
diversions, and with a splitting neaciacne
the next morning I once again wandered
toward her house. The crape was still
there.' No sign of life was visible the
closely drawn curtains shut all from my
view. First on one corner, then on the
other, I spent most of the day watching
the house. The evening papers were again
scrutinized. Absolutely nothing! What
did it meanf
The following day found me once more
at my post. At noon a hearse turned Into
the avenue. 1 followed slowly, it srappeu
before her door, and just as I was passing a
casket was being borne down thesteps. It
was not her childi the size of the casket
gave me this much information. I looked
back. Several persons clothed in deep
mourning were entering the two carrisges
at the door. As they slowly progressed I
followed in their wake. I felt positive of
their (Jestiuation, I was near the steps of
the church as the persons alighted from
the carriages. "Yes, that must be she."
To be sure, I could not see ner lace ueneatn
the heavy veil, and I was conscious of Borne
change in her figure, but this I attributed
to the somber apparel.
I entered the scantily filled church and
occupied one of the rear pews. The words
of the old clergyman scarcely reached me.
A hymn was sung; a prayer followed.
Then up the aisle In slow procession moved
those who wished to take a farewell look at
the dead.
"Will she think it vulgar curiosity in
me!" I asked myself as I took my place in
line. "She will see me, of course, as I pass
hernew."
But she did not. The head I thought to
be hen was bent down as if in prayer. I
neared the casket, and there stood longer
than I should have done, spellbound. The
troubled look had entirely disappeared, and
In its place shone an expression of heavenly
composure.
I took from my buttonhole the tuberose
and laid it upon her breast. The card is
among my most valued possessions.
Philadelphia Times.
UNCLE SAM, THE OCTOPUS.
pus a cruel old thiet The picture shows
him kneeling down and with one large
right hand throttling the revolutionist Gar
za, represented by a goose, and with one
large left hand seizing the federal district
railroad. The English of Garza is crane,
and there is some deep appropriateness in
representing him as a goose. Uncle Sara
has 10 other hands, which are diving into
pots filled with Mexican gold, ills eyes
are buleing with greed.
Another cartoon shows mm jumping
across the Rio Grande on a long horse, aim
ing a pistol at a goose (Garza) which is fly
ing off with a flag bearing the words "Rev
olutionery Plan." Behind Uncle Sam are
certain shorthand characters which mean:
"Uphold tyranny in Mexico until the
Most Necessary shall be crowned emperor
to protect our enterprises and business af
fairs. Virgil sang praises to Augustus,
whd restored the poet's farm, though all
the rest of the people of Mantua and Cre
mona were depnved of their lands and
homes."
"The Most Necessary" (El Necesarissimo
in Spanish) is a phrase applied to Diaz,
whose supporters insist that his rule is a
necessity until the republic Is settled and
orderly. He is supposed to be friendly to
the United States; hence the opposition's
satire. Uncle Sam is presented muchmore
faithfully than in English or French pa
pers, with the big beaver hat, long hair.
cadaverous features, swallowtailed coat
and other accessories, much as our own
caricaturists represent him. -
Americans recently from Mexico say that
these cartoons correctly present the popular
Mexican view of the United States. The
general notion is that we Americans are
just burning with anxiety to get more Mex
ican territory..'. . .
Orltin of an Old Fad.
A practice was common about fifty
years ago of rubbing the eye in a peculiar
way from the outer to the inner corner,
the result being, as was supposed,
strengthen the sight The practice orig
inated with President John (juinuy
Adams, who had what is called
weeping eye," disease having caused the
closing of some of the ducts, bo that he
was forced to wipe away the overflowing
moisture about once in every hve min
utes. He always wiped his eye from the
outer to the inner corner, and some one
noticing this peculiar action, and know
ing also that, although lie had passed his
eightieth year, he uever used spectacles,
connected the two tacts and started the
theory that rubbing the eye in the way
indicated prevented tne changes insep
arable from advancing years. For a time
all the old people in the country spent
half their time rubbing their eyes, but
the fad soon died out, and is now scarce
ly remembered, save by some old man
who saw people practicing it when he
was a boy. Interview in St. Louie
Ulobe-Deuiocrat.
uaar In the Bandwlek Islands
The people of the Hawaiian Islands raise
a good deal more than enough sugar for
tea and coffee sweetening purposes, inesei
rranee Wants Kew Postage Stamps.
Whether the now United States Colum
bian postage stamps has aroused jealousy iwie viands, which are celebrated prln-,
is not anowu, uui- m a .im. cipauy lor orange dii.w, tuiwuws auu
newspaper has oflered prizes for the best jj,, wjtn unpronounceable names, last
designs for new series of stamps for jm wp0rted 1154,663,371 pounds of sngar.(
Fmuca. The Issue of 1875 Is designated as a nd Uie people dou't work very hard Uuu'S
"abominably ugly and iuartistia" .ntbar.
Wordsworth In HU Owu Home,
That Wordsworth entertained a high
idea of womanhood in the abstract is un
doubted and is evident in most of his poe
try, but it la equally true that he could
support contradiction or interference from
the ladies of bis own tamuy, trom wnom.
by the way, he was likely to meet with
very little of either. He was lord para
mount iu his home the central figure of
irroun of devoted and faithful admirers.
who could see no naw in anytmng ne saiu
or did. His Bister and sister-in-law resided
constantly with them, joining wife and
daughter in one Invariable chant of praise
of his great gifts and veneration for his
genius.
Under Buch circumstances wno wouia
wonder at the growing weakness for uni
versal approbation which is said to have
beset in his latter days the grand old Lake
poetf Cornhill Magazine. ,
I never read or hear of the mountains
that I do not recall a story told by a con
ductor of a train on the Great Northern
road, We were going to Butte. The train
had just crossed the river at-Great Falls.
From that point the road begins its eastern
ascent of the range whose tops are whit- '
ened with the snow all the year round. A
wide plain spreads out between the line of
the road and the range. As the train was
getting a "fresh hold on the rails," as one '
of the party expressed it, the conductor
stood on the rear platform of the coach and
looked steadfastly at one spot until it was
lost.
"Got a claim anywhere round therer'
asked a traveler who bad noticed the con
ductor's longing look.
A kinder of a claim," he replied, "out
not the kind you're thinkln of."
How he came to tell us makes no omer-
encenow. Here Is wuat ne tgin:
Bout a vcarano. I think it was, a young
man was put on my train by the conductor
who had brought him to where I take it.
He had been east. His folks lived down
there, I believe. He had been west a good
many years, was a cowboy, then a deputy
marshal, then boss of a ranch, and then he
got to Bpeculatin in Anaconda. He had
lived the sort of life out here that a man
was expected to live in them days.
"He was a bard citizen and tnen a goon
one. Blest if I know just where he quit
off, but he did. He finally got tolovin a
girl, and just when he was bavin it the
wuat way she una and marries a good for
nothin dude that came out nere and got to
clerkin in a raghouse. Then the young
man that I am talkin about he goes east to
wear out his feelin's, I reckon. And he was
gone all summer. They said he was at tne
seaside. I thought when I heard that as
how he would not last long. When a man
quits this climate to go to the seaside, there
must be somethin mighty bad about his
case. If a man can't git cured here, he
needn't go anywhere else. -
"Well, when he was put in my care, mere
were four or nve or tne ooys witn mm.
They had heerd he was comin Iwck, and
they met him away down this sloe of St.
Paul, and they nursed mm an tne way aim
fed him jest as if he had been a sick girl. He
was looktn out oi tne winner or tne ear au ,
the time, day an night, but wasn't sayin
nothin. When wo got to Great Falls, he
looked out of the car winder and smiled.
It was the first time that the boye had seen
him do that since they met him, and they .
thought he was gettin well. He asked 'em
to set him up in his berth so he .could see.
And he looked at the mountain tops out
there covered with the whiteness of God ,
and the foot of the mountains that is
washed by the purest water this side of the
divide.
"The tram was luBt gettin a good holt
on the rails when the poor fellow sank
back, and the next thing I see the boys was
takin the piller out from underis head.
Then I knowed It was all over. Then one
of the boys come to me and asked me if I
would take 81,000 to stop the train. I told .
'em I couldn't do anything of that sort.
They said money was no object. ' Then I
asked 'em what was up, and one of 'em told
me that he (meaning the dead man) had
made a last request Ciat he be taken from
the train and buried in sight of the moun
tain that had the snow on it the one that
caught his eyes first after we had come over
the river. They said they had promised
him they would. I asked 'em where they
would get a box, and they said a man as
good as he was didn't need no box; that the
angels would take care of him as soon as
be was laid away.
I asked 'em what they would do if the
train wasn't stopped. They held a short
narley and said in a most respectiui way,
which I understood, that they bad to carry
out the wishes of the decea"" all hazards;
that they could stop the train if I didn't.
I understood 'em. I pulled the cord and
went forward, and while the engineer was
mendin the locomotive, which got out of -sorts
jeBt then,the funeral procession moved
out, and the dead was buried out there in
full sight. It so happened that we got the
locomotive fixed just as the funeral was
over, and we took the pallbearers into Butte
Chat night.
"And I never pass that spot .that I dou t
look out there where they laid him, I ain't
never seen any of the pallbearers since, and
I don't know the name of the young man
that they buried. Doyou know, geuts, that
bis grave is green all the year round? I
once thought of puttin up a gravestone, at
the head; but, thinks I, it's none of my
business, and besides the boys said the
angels was goin to take care of his body, so
I thought 1 wouldn't 1 intrndin on any
angel's business. It was the ouly time,
though, that my locomotive ever got any
thing the matter with it." Chicago Trib
une. ... ..
Didn't Cars to Be Presented.
The wife of a well known naval officer
tells au amusing story of some of her
expenjences in Washington society. On
one occasion when ahe was asked to re
ceive at an army and navy german, a
congressman entered with a lady lean
ing upon each arm. One of the floor
committee at once approached him with
the polite request that he give his name,
in order that be might be presented to
Mrs. Blank, who received the guests of
the evening.
"No, thank you," was the nonchalant
reply. "I don't care to be introduced.
have two ladies now to take care of,
and that is about as much as I can man
age," Kate Field's Washington.
Antlballaon Inventions,
In European countries, like Russia, Ger
many, France and Italy, where enormous
standing armies are maintained,- persons ,
familiar with the subject have been taxing
their inventive genius for the development
of the science of aeronautics. Much real
progress has been mailt1, but the inventions
have been so Bhrouded in mystery by the
respective governments that it is only by
accident that the' factB have leaked out,
Germany and France are said to have
war balloons which will really work as
and when desired, Russia hod not got
so far, but one of her scientists, who is not
an aeronaut, has evened up matters by in
venting a little instrument which collects
the ravs of the Bun and concentrates them
npon a balloon in the air, burning a hole
In the monster of the air and spilling the
occupants out. The instrument will work
successfully at a distance of five kilome
ters, but cloudy weather is oi course a seri
ous handicap to Its effectiveness,
Saved by a Quick Hair Cut,
In a mill at Lewiston, Me., ayooug wom
an's hair caught in some revolving cog
wheels. She screamed, but did not nave tne
presence of mind to break away at once he
fore more strands of hair were caught and
dragged In. She stood there holding out
her amis and screaming, while her hend
was drawn nearer and nearer the fatal!
wheels. Then up came a man with a sharpi
Jackknife. He compassed the hair of the'
girl within his left hand and held it firmly
as he might a rope and with the other hand'
severed the hair close to the wheel