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FRANKLIN COUNTY REGISTER I I ) ) i ’ CH LAND TRAVEL IN NORWAY. Excellent Roads and Comfortable Ye* bides—Fast and Slow Stations, Inns. The land traveling in Norway has come to be very comfortable; the roads are ex cellent. Apart from a railroad for a short distance out from Bergen and a railroad from Christiania to Trcndhjem there are substantially no public wheel vehicles convey ances. You travel in two carioles, which carry only , one known as which perBon, or in a stolkjaerre, except carries that two. There are no springs, the seat; obtained by an arrangement of but this makes them generally yourself, very and com¬ the fortable. You drive boy or girl who is’ to take the horse and vehicle back stands or aits or hangs be¬ hind. He will drive from behind if you desire. Tho way th6 Norwegian horses have of going at a breakneck pace down hill reminds me of our boyish expression, “lickety cut.” You can ordinarily make about eight miles an hour, including a change of horse* if you are not detained by the fact that so many traveler have gone before you that they liave.exhausted the supply of horses, in which case you may have to wait some hours. The charge for vehicles in Norway is very reasonable. Stations axe established at distances of about eight or ten miles. These stations are of two classes—one is a fast and the other an ordinary station. At the fast stations there must always be kept a specified number of horses ready for travelers except when they are in use by preceding travelers. At tho slow sta¬ tions no horses are required to be kept, but time is given to send out to the farmers near and bring them in. There is, however, a system which is not much used by which you may send a notifica¬ tion ahead and have horses ready even at the slow stations. In theory all the horses are furnished by the farmers. This is required at a price so low that it is regarded as a tax upon them, but since traveling has increased so much arrangements seem to have been made by which the keeper of the station as¬ sumes the farmers’ burden and furnishes the horses. They are also required to furnish a vehicle, but this obligation only extends to the rough country cariole of two wheels, with only a seat for one, and without springs. In fact, however, the vehicles furnished are quite comfortable. At a fast station you pay less than five cents a kilometer for the horse, harness and vehicle, and the boy to take it back. If you get a stolkjaerre, which has seals for two, you pay about seven cents. Sixteen kilometers are equal to ten miles. Ilie amount of baggage allowed is small, yet sufficient for an ordinary trav¬ eler's use. In the stolkjaerre it goes under the seat, where there is plenty of room. In a cariole it is fastened behind, and the skyd, which is the name of the boy who goes along to take tho vehicle back, rides or stands upon it. You can always carry in a cariole a small parcel— on the floor between your legs—and fasten something to the dashboard, or what take# the place of it. , It is astonish¬ ing how enduring the Norwegian horses are. They are tough, small, sure footed, good natured animals, who will start out at a trot and keep it up thirty miles with¬ out stopping, going that distance in four hours. The harness is of tho simplest possible make. There are no traces, always even when you have two horses, but shafts, to which the harness is fastened by pegs. There is an arch of wood oyer the horse’s head, through rings in which the reins pass, and which is arranged so as to take much of the weight from the collar. The reins are rope or twisted leather. The hotels or inns are comfortable, with no elegance, but always, without exception, clean, and the food is fair. In these respects Norway has made great improvements within a few years, and improvements are going on in increased ratio. The scenery in riding in Norway, much of it, is exceedingly beautiful. I can imagine no more beautiful ride than that of the four or five days’ trip from Bergen to Christiana.—Col. George Bliss in New York Times. Decorations of Interior Walls. A new material for tho decoration of Interior walls and ceilings is made from chemical wood fibre. The sheet or roll of chemical wood fibre of the desired thickness is taken while wet or damp, and any desired raised design or pattern Is produced in high relief by means of suitable embossing ■ rolls or dies, after which it is allowed to dry, and may then be colored or bronzed, if desired, or it may be colored in the' pulp if preferred. Chemical fibre is especially adapted as a material for embossed wall coverings, as its great elasticity permits it to be very deeply embossed without liability of breaking as it is stretched, thus enabling designs to be successfully' produced in high relief with a smooth and unbroken surface, while after being stretched in the embossing process the strength and toughness of the fibres will cause the de¬ sign to permanently retain its form and effectually resist any pressure to which • it might be subjected in the operation of applying the material to a wall or ceiling. —Paper World. Too Mach Notoriety. It is hard to understand, but it seems to be a mania with young married peo pie, to celebrate their honeytiioon by hav fcg their photographs taken together in jnd then conspicuously displayed such somo displays art store. The good taste of may b* as seriously questioned marriage as certifl- the propriety of hanging tho front cates «r state fair diploma# subject# in tlte pari lor. Tho act young brid ...ue to coarse and ill-natured criticism, and leaves the groom open to tho qu« gbtt of every gxiftser-by, “How could sho hove tnarrif'i him?” If bridal couples wnmq be photographed with the orange wreath and lace thrown smjriwt ip, hang behind tho pict¬ tho ure in the lift** garret plate pi fronts oi itow. Marring® CARNESVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, JANUARY23Tl887 The Seal’s Healthy Appetite. Where do they northward, (the fur seals) go to? Certainly not for it is well known that not a single seal is to bo found north of the Pribylovs, and thd floating ice of winter prevents any There con¬ gregation of amphibious life. is then the southward, the enormous ex¬ panse of sea south of the Aleutian chain, 5,000 miles of water between Japan and Oregon swarming with tho natural food of the seal—fish. They can have no resting place or it would be known; they mdst therefore spend all their time afloat, seeing that they sleep at sea just as com¬ fortably as, or perhaps more so than on land. , They lie on their backs, fold the fore flippers across tho breast, turn the hind ones up and over, so that tho tips rest on their necks and chins, thus ex¬ posing only fhe nose and the heels of the hind flippers above water, nothing else being seen. Hero is no poetical fancy, but a prosaic fact, “rocked in the cradle of the deep.” One cannot but think of the enormous quantity of fish they must get through. The common seal, such as we see in our aquaria, has evidently a most voracious appetite, and never seems to be able to get as much as he can do with. Con¬ sider, then, the weight that must be con¬ sumed in the year by the fur seal, several times its size, roaming about under thor¬ oughly natural conditions in its natural element, instead of being cooped up with¬ in the four walls of a tank. As a matter of fact, the hosts of fur seal produce a notable scarcity of fish around the Pribylovs. It is perfectly hopeless to throw a line over the gunwale of a boat. You must go out at least seven or eight miles, and then you can get nothing but very large halibut. Prac¬ tically the sea for 100 miles around is cleared of fish. It is computed that forty pounds per day is rather a starva¬ tion allowance for an adult male, twelve pounds to a female, and not much, if any, less for the fast growing pups. Allow an average of ten pounds per in¬ dividual per day, and calculate what 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 would consume evefy day—only 7,000,000 tons or so. Why, all the fishing of the world is but a drop in the bucket compared with this. We must remember, too, that the seal is only one of tho many creatures which prey on fish. I can well believe what is asserted by many well informed people, that the supply of sea fish is inexhausti¬ ble by any means known to man.—All the Year Round. The Causes of Cancer. Tho predisposing causes of cancer are in the habits of the patients themselves. Just as civilization is tho cause of tho strain that wrecks so many intellects, so it is also the cause of depressing the animaj vitality of tho individual, and brings in its train this dread disease. Tho main cause of this disease is “estab¬ lished wealth and a state of luxury.” Tho appetite for eating meat and highly seasoned food is indulged, and can be regulated and habitually indulged, only in a state of established civilization, with communities engaged in accumulating fortunes and vicing with each other in sumptuous living. These conditions, to¬ gether with habits of indolence and in¬ sufficient exercise, cause an accumula¬ tion of the waste products in the system which predisposes to cancer. Then, an accidental bruise, or reversal of fortune with mental depression, or any other exciting cause, may develop this terrible disease. should The»lesson is obvious. People live more frugally and take plenty of exercise in the open air, and, in short, follow hygienic modes of living, and the danger of cancer is much more remote. The cure may be difficult, but prevention indi¬ seems to bo in the power of the vidual.—Medical Summary. The Staff of Life In Sweden. At Falun we found the average Swed¬ ish inn, with a cheerless dining room, where each table was piled high with knackbrod, enough on each table to feed twenty soldiers. The knackbrod is a national institution and a sign surer than any sign post or frontier stone to tell one that he is in Sweden. It is made of rye ot barley flour, mixed with potatoes and quantities of caraway seeds; is baked in thin sheets a foot in diameter, with a hole in the middle, and through this hole the market women run a string and carry it aro.und for sale. In tho bread market at Stockholm they fasten these strings of knackbrod to their shoulder yokes in piles that reach from the yokes nearly to the ground. To an unappreciative palato like it tastes quite as much as it looks dog biscuit and is tougher than anything else the human teeth struggle with. Be¬ sides the knackbrod, the Swedes offer you many varieties of sweet bread full of car¬ away seeds, and with the morning coffee give you plates of these fancy kick¬ shaws, but never any plain white bread, and the coffee at Falun was something to make one shiver with disgust.—Cor. Globe-Democrat. Identification ol Prisoners. of identifying _ The latest method pns oners, which has been Introduced into France by M. Alphonse Bertillon. anrl which is, now successfully practiced not only in the chief French prisons, but m Russia and Japan as well, is the exact measurement of the prisoner on his arnv al width at the of jail. the head, His tho waist, left the middle length finger, and the left foot, the outstretched anA% the throe other fingers of the left hand, the left arm from the elbow to tho wrist, anu tho length and width or tho ear are measured, aid the color of the eye's and any particularities aro noted down. A photograph is also immediately tuiten, and by this means tho many mistakes which have boon made by trusting to a photographer only aro avoided. tJoston Transcript. HOW GREAT PEOPLE DINE. Pcops at Royal Tables Where Good Things Are Fed to Stapld Diners. Tho strict ceremonial of tho dinners of Queen Victoria has not changed since her assumption of the throne. A quarter of an hour before tho time fixed for the re¬ past—generally 8 o'clock—all the party invited to dine with the queen meet in the grand salon . and form themselves into a half circle about t X door where she is expected to enter, o queen, on entering, makes a beautiful courtesy (for which she is renowned), then bows to the gentlemen, and gives her hand to the ladies, who courtesy deeply. She then goes in first to the table, accompanied generally by one of her sons. If any im¬ perial or royal person is present, he sits at her right hand. But even in the case of Gen. Grant she placed the Princess Beatrice between, them. The queen never removes her gloves during dinner, except at state banquets. This is a singular piece of etiquette, and one would think it would be exactly the reverse. Her gloves are new, of white kid embroidered with black, never worn but once, and become, ladies after using, tho perquisites of tho in waiting. The queen has a small and beautiful hand. As soon as she has finished a certain “plat” every one else stops eating of it, as when she finishes her fish every one else stops eating fish, etc. After 6ho has spoken to her guests on either side, con¬ versation may become general, but in a subdued tone,’- always deferring to the sovereign. Sir, Arthur Helps, who was her private secretary, used to tell an amusing anecdote of being snubbed by her for telling a rather funny story down the table, among the ladies-in-waiting, to relieve tho monotony of a dreary din¬ ner, when the queen remarked: “What is it? We aro not amused.” She has, however, a love of fun, and somelimess laughs heartily. The dinners at tho Quirinal are far more simple as to etiquette. The same formality is observed in the entrance of the king and queen, but the conversa¬ tion is more general, and the queen does not wear her gloves. She converses in English fluently. The king only speaks Italian and French, so tho conversation is generally in these two languages. French, of course, is supposed to be a universal The dinners of Germany aro not long, but they are formal and tedious, and the cooking does not commend itself to all tastes. / The perfection of a dinner is found in London, generally at tho houses excellences of am¬ bassadors, who combine tho of all nations with the follies of none. After asking the consent of the ladies present, the Italian and Turkish embas¬ sies allow the smoking of cigarettes be¬ tween the salad and dessert. This fash¬ ion prevails in Franco and Russia, ladies smoking quite as freely as men. Tho dinners of tho czar and the richer Rus¬ sian princes aro models of their kind. It was the Russians who invented the idea of serving all the dishes from the out¬ side; hence a service a la Russe, which prevents the table cloth from being smeared with gravy and other greasy substances. The choice porcelain and glass, the gold and silver, beautiful or¬ naments—these are the wonder of all travelers who visit Russia. America, having begun to import cooks, now rivals all countries in the art of dinner giving. The fine napery of Berlin, the glass of Bohemia, the gold and silver work of Russia, tho choice dinner services of England, the delicate fancies of France aa to pretty dishes for the ices, and the general tastefulness of American women find expression in those dinners. The Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome live at Kensington palace, one of the most curious and romantic of all the royal palaces. They give beautiful din ners, and are said to have the most charming table equipments. —Harper’s Bazar, a F< L f i-ti, t in the Snow Among . eight . little gnls • , playing in to „ street m New York the otnei day a - porter noticed one ot about 7 years or age. Sho was the happiest of toot, had ably a were new wagon given and her doff, as winch Christmas pro^ presents. The air was frosty. and on the shady side of the street, where the chdd ren were at play, the light sno wh c had fallen m the morning was sa on le ground. There was nothing peculiar about cept that the little she girl wore a.x>vo neither mentioned shoes nor stockings. She had rosy cheeks, and v as the picture of good health. cold, She and did when not appear to suffer irom tho the other children little bare went f^et to ^lide joined on them, ice in the ater and her little feet glided over ...( xq which, as well as those of the other chfiren, were encased in shoesi. veloped the fact that the child did not g in her bare feet from necessity, G choice, anc. the cold weatlrer n er troubled her. Pittsburg Dispatch. Emperor Iturblde’# Son. p iance iturbide, who is reported duel to ljave w0U11 d e d },i. s opponent in a w ith 6WOr da' in tho City of Mexico, is we jj k no^vn at Washington. Hi# mother wag a Green, of Georgetown, and it wag Q f j jer family country that tho president pur clia&8 d hifl place. Miss Green ' beautiful When waa verj , yollng an f l very sb e married Prince Iturbide, tlicri minister (j{ j Iex | co to t jjo United Stales, and. soil ^ t jio Emperor Iturbido. IIS was do formo< j ljr , uc h her senior. After his j n jfexico, Mme. Iturliide remnisiod jjbere, sod her'son, tlio present duelitt, was aa }jj a heir by tho Emperor MnT ,, r , ilifl „ n f (er the fall of tho aB pj ro> jjme. Iturbide brought her ren his to college. Ho finished there, and took a course in law. —Chtosgo Times. u6E OF MECHANICAL REMEDIES. Colds and Croup—Hand Baths—Mustard Draughts—Cold Foot—Pneumonia. At this season coughs, colds and con¬ gestions various sorts are to be looked for. If the blood can bo drawn away from the parts congested, relief will at once be afforded. A warm woolen shawl pinned closely about tho neck and chest, covering the arms, if put on when the first sound of tho cough occurs, will al¬ most infallibly stop it at once. Supple¬ ment the shawl with a warm brick or soapstone at tho feet, and relief is imme¬ diate and often permanent. Twenty-five years ago what nights we spent fighting the croup! The little sufferer would throw his arms out from under the cover, and then the cough tightened. But on veloped in a shawl this was impossible, and at last wo learned that in cool weather the children should take their airing always before sunset, and at the first suggestion of a cough put on a shawl. For twenty years there has been no croup in the family. This remedy we have found just as effective with adults as with children. Hot foot baths and hot hand baths are excellent alteratives of the circulation. The hand baths act more immediately than the foot baths, and there is less danger from after exposure. They are, too, more easily given. Mustard draughts (mild) applied to the extremities chango from the circulation. Flapnels wrung hot soda water are extremely helpful in many cases. Or, if saturated with soda water, they may bo heated by putting them in a steamer, by placing them on a plate''in a hot oven. This saves wring¬ ing them, which is difficult when they are hot. Great relief is sometimes found from drinking freely water as hot as can be comfortably swallowed. It draws tho blood to the stomach, opens tho pores and washes out the clogged sewers of the body. Wo have observed that a patient suffering from a cough will hare rest from it after a hearty meal. The blood is summoned to the work of digestion and the aro relieved. Those who suffer from sleeplessness or from not sleeping soundly will find help from wrapping their feet warmly in flannel and putting to them a warm soapstone. Those who must get up in the night to see to children or invalids should have a pair of night shoes to slip their feet into, so that when they lio down falling again cold feet shall not prevent their at once to sleep. As a warn¬ ing of what not to do we give the follow ing, which came under our observation last whiter:' A little Irish boy, very ill with pneumonia and burning with fever, begged his mother to put his feet into cold water, which she did and in a few minutes Happily, for tfitereaf|er her, she he yet ceased, does to not breathe. know how fatal was her indulgence to her only boy.—Tribune. Tho Effect of Music. I once heard a mother, who was obliged to do literary work with her little clfil dren around her, say a thing that sot me thinkin g of the different effects of pleas ant and unpleasant sounds. Sho said: “I never notice the children's noise so long as they romp and laugh and frolic in a good natured way, not if they take tho roof off, but if they quarrel or fret in a whisper, it disturbs nfe so that I can not diRiny tiling.” Many great philoso phers and famous phvsicians liavo .writ ten and spoken cf the good effects of music on human brains and nerves, Pythafmms, a wise heathen who lived in Greiwiaioro than 2,000 years ago, suggested that music should bo used in treating certain diseases; and Pindar, tho famous Greek poet, whoso songs so touched tho heart of Alexander tho Great that the conoueror * spared and the poet’s houso when ho sacked destroyed the city of Thebes, where it stood, relates in ono of Ilia odes that tho father of medicine, Aesculapius, so treated some of his patients; and the great and good Pinel, who sixty years aga in Paris, by his writings and earnest labors, brought about a grand reforma tion in t p e met i 10 j a 0 f treating tho in ^ g0 t j ie 0 j f ] ) barbarous ways of thcg0 j, c ]pi eS8 and unfortunate £umLio beings were changed land* into something like and and even tender at ■ recommen ds music to calm and sootho tlic ,; r f rcnzy , as it s^t calls op pleasant recollcctiong ar) j brings impressions ^ ^ dj seaae d To-day concerts aro a standard treatment in asylums for ^ insane, and it has been noticed that are affected in different ways, ac “diar to the character of the music and nature of their disease.— ^ ori eans Times-DemoCrat. ......... nabftm of the Centipedes. A curioug f act connected with centi i a worthy of relating. A young rngr< 1it aing nortn n fow miles had been somewhat concerned at the appearance ^gbtly in iiis dugout of a great number 0 f these unwelcome visitors. tllfcm, but Jreighhors he geI< j olfc QT ever 8a w was visited to an alarming extent. He could not understand* till some one learning that he was in the habit of playing on the violin suggested that the music attracted them. He suspended the concerts and the centipedes interrupted him no more. —Richfield (Kan.) Southwest. ■——- condition of the Russian Press. Tho Kolnischo Zeitung says it is char acteristic .of the condition of the Russian ‘press that in 1883, out of tho 273 editors of St. Petersburg and Moscow, one-half w< n officers*in the employment of the government,. 86 being 65 generals, privy and state councillors, officers of tlw staff or employes of corresponding rank in civil service and 37 lower officers and employes.—Boston Transcript. ----- Don ,X on tii« Rnngn. . , .■ r* S Hf r the cattlemen aro suU/rlliing to Uio proposition to import several packs ot fin . dogs, to bo indued iSWUT oa SIGN OF THE THREE BALLS. A Chat With the Proprietor—Sights in a Junk Simp—Auctions. What a field to tho imaginative mind i3 conjured up by tho sign of three balls. Let not the impecunious young man when he resorts furtively to tho houso of his uncle bo unduly humiliated. Other young men as well connected as ho liavo gono * beforo him and will come after him; and, indeed, if he deal with a first class establishment (for there aro pawn¬ brokers and pawnbrokers), ho will find his host a very model of delicacy and dis¬ cretion. Enter a needy gentlewoman, heavily veiled, at tho ladies’ entrance. Timidly she gazes around and finds herself in a long, narrow hall; scrupulously neat and well carpeted, from one side of which opens a row of little rooms. On (ho op¬ posite wall a framed placard in gilt let¬ ters assures her that all will be conducted upon a strictly confidential basis, and that any neglect or impertinenco on tho part of employes is to be reported at the office. A deferential cleric motions her to a seat in one of thd little rooms, which is comfortably furnished and even decor¬ ated with photographs 6f actors and actresses. If in immediate straits, sho may pledge her $350 sealskin for $35, or a valuable ring for tho price of two days' If not, slie will keep her sacquo or her ring and go her way, musing upon tho exceeding bitterness of want that ad¬ mits of no alternative. Tho average dealer in collaterals is not a creature of tender sensibilities. But were tho an¬ omaly of an impressionable pawnbroker to bo found giftod with tho powers of a recontcur, one might spend a week with him for tho saka of hearing what ho could tell or suggest in the way of ro mance. This watch with a chased monogram, is not tho same that young Nowcombo Montmorency said was at tho jowelor’s for repairing? Verily it ia. And when ono considers the infinitesimal salary of young Nev&ombo, tho flowers and opera tickets which ho lavishes upon Miss Midas, the bills for carriage hire and per¬ fumery! Poor fellow I Why, it is allras plain as tho noso, on a man’s face. And that necklace! Surely tho visitor had seen that L tore. And was it a week or a fortnight ago that Mis3 Midas’ maid was seen stealthily emerging from tho rear entrance? Well, it ia a known fact that dressmakers and milliners liavo no consciences, and tho “horrid things” must bo paid somehow, unless one chooses to mako one’s own hats and dresses and look like a “fright;” and what is one to do with bills coming in and a father that rages and swears and asks questions about every one? That rare old meerschaum—what hours offuiot smoking and meditation it sug gests! tankard? My undo That quaint silvor honestly by. is afraid that was not come It was “put up” by a tough looking customer, who was afterward wanted fin; burglary. brought “And that locket? It was m by a handsome woman who had soon better days. You’ll sea her initials in diamonds on the other side. A very striking looking woman. Sho seemed quite desperate, too. Well, tho next week I read of a wiicide, and recognized went her by tho description. I oven around to tho morgue to mako pertain, Yes, yes, it’s a very sad business. But often things aro took redeemed. hack his Why,, wife yes- dia terday a man. been in for s ‘ ton mpnds that had pawn years. And some very swell people come here to buy things. You d bo surprised at the number of elegant Ghrisanaa and wedding presents wo Soli—jewelry, etc. Polish’em up, you know, and you won fc know ’em from first hand. Tho people who get ’em think they all camo freim somo of those high toned places. And my undo chuckled complacently att tho recollection. •* Tho junk shop, dark and ill smelling, reeks of tho sea. Bails and cordago are. there, and all manner of flotsam; old iron 1 and copper, rags, sacks and bottles, and heaps of unclassified rubbish. Is it pos siblo that there can bo a demand for such trash? Ah, yes; hero is our old friend, the rag, sack and bottle man himself— just aa dirty, just as gruff as ever. But ho is not bargaining for big bottles at a cent a piece now, and, in a non-profos sional mood, relaxes to quite a clever old fellow. One learns from him how the sails aro repaired for two or cut into smaller sails; how tho bottles are washed and resold, and work their way back in to good society; how tho iron is rcmelted, utilized in hardware and tho manufact uro of horseshoes, cheap wagons, etc. it was here, now, that Jack Benedict found that marvelous pair of brass tiro dog s, which pass with tho uninitiated for an heirloom, and aro the envy and ad miration of his^iends. He bought them for a song, and when ho took them home only tho eye of faith could pierce tho verdigris upon them. Indeed, Jack’s mother-in-law rated him soundly for his bargain, them and it to took their weeks pristine of pouring glory. to restore From here, too, camo that qtfeint silver lamp which shone so conspicuously among tho wedding gifts of Jack’s cousin Ethel. It was whispered among the guests that it camo from Venice, and a lady present could swear to having seen the mate to it in a palace on the Grand canal. Ha*J taste for auctions? _ Are j you a sheriffs’ sales? Hero you a frequenter of is the familiar red flag and tho Ix flnian is ringing his bell. Walk in fearlessly, Jew i ^ and Gentile, through doors■ tliut a week , ago would have been closed in your*face. , Walk in, Mrs. Jones; you nmy sit on tho ottoman that my lady herself embroidered in liappicr hours. You may thumb the curtains and mantel ornaments. Hero is . : cabinet that from over seas. * camo You may peer into it and toko out ull tho drawers, and examine tboM<>quotte rugs, tiw and mjo your ugly visago refloctod in ^ ^ ^ YOL XI. N has gono for . »* **« - cabinet for a twelfth of its original cost. The ottoman is knocked down to a hatcliot faced woman who murders the king’s English, and the tall old clock falls to a dealer in curios. “Let us go,” says the philosopher always rising. “Somehow an auction depresses mo, for all it lias a kind of hor¬ rible fascination. It’s all a part of the great seo-saw. ‘Hero we go up, up, up; and here wo go down, down, down. ’ A queer world, my boy; and he who sees only the surface sees very little of it.”-— San Francisco Chronicle. Superstition in Alaska* Tho Mutes have a curious custom which is observed whenever the first white whalo of tho season is killed. After tho carcass is brought on shore, the old¬ est male of tho village or hunting party sits upon tne beach, and, facing the dead whale, intones a series of invocations to tho deceased, imploring its spirit not to return to tho sea, and thereby warn other members of Iris family against and his captors. Small portions of the lip fins are cut off and buried in the earth. Before this ceremony takes stripping place no one the is allowed to commenco blubber or working upon tho body. When a seal is brought on shore it is laid upon its, back and some fresh water poured over its head, so that tho spirit off . will not go back to tho sea and warn the other phocoe.—San Francisco Chron¬ icle. London’H Ragpickers’ Hrlgudo. In London a charitably inclined person organized what is known aa the Ragpick¬ of ers’ brigado, consisting of hundreds neatly uniformed boys, who go from door to door with their hand carts purchasing old rags and •articles of various kinds. In a central warehouse these collections aro sorted over; old rags, bottles, bones and paper aro piled up in great heaps, and in due time disposed of to tho dealers in theso articles. Strange things have como in with some of theso purchases, major’s a plume for a hearse, a drum, a head gear, a bag containing over 1,000, 000 canceled postage stamps, valuable editions of rare books and autograph let ters of famous people. Tho London brig ado lias an excellent reputation for honesty, and very often returns valuable articles which have strayed into the waste bags.—Brooklyn Eagle. i How Animal* Talk. About 1770 Galliani hail two cats which ho always kept about him and away from all other animals. He state# that ho understood them perfectly, and that they had a complete language of their own, in which they always feel¬ ex¬ pressed the samo wish and the same ing by exactly tho samo sound. Lucian observed tho common houso fly, and also maintains that this insect, so greatly de¬ spised language—that and persecuted, is possesses to a com plete say, uses cer¬ tain sounds in its buzzing to denote cer¬ tain things, and in this way make# itself understood among kind. Lamartine, in his description of travels in the oast, tells of Arabian horses that used certain defin¬ ite sounds to express certain things, just as Napoleon relates of his steed.—Popu¬ lar Science Monthly, Ojiern Glasses In tile AntUence. The opera glasses that we hire out to those in tho audience belong to the thea¬ tre, but tho ushers are responsible for them. I can assure you that wo do not loso many glasses, for we keep a sharp watch, and tho average visitor at a theater has no reason to keep a glass. Some¬ times, however, a man jumps out on tho us before we spot liim, and we pay over price—about $3—to tho theatre. I have lost only ono in a year, and that time the man went out after tho first act in a crowd and failed to return. I would } lavo recognized him had I seen him again at tho theatre, but ho did not turn u p. The theatre makes the price of tho during a good week, and in a season it pays for itself over and over again.— Theatre Ushgr in Globe-Democrat, _______- ! New thifi for Soapstone. As a finish or covering for walls and ceilings pulverized steatite is coming into use quite satisfactorily. It is simply soapstone. It takes a high polish, is pearl gray in tint, is said to present the best possible surfaco for painting, either in oi 1 or water color, and, what is verp desirable, will neither crack nor chip, is claimed for it that it is a non-conduc¬ tor and non-absorbent; that it can be washed without injury; nails can be driven into it without damage; when subject to heat, moisture and chemical fumes it gives no smell, and it does not turn yellow with age. It is thought to bo specially adapted for hospitals, fac¬ tories, cellars, markets, etc. —Boston Budget. Hay In Norway, H ; s ^ scarce f o feed the stock in w biter that tho Norwegians resort to w hat would seem to us the most ridicu economy, going over every scatter j tcll a p jng f| l0 roadside and the cut w ith tho sickle and dried j or | )aJ . Owing to the constant rains they havo what look like fences or racks ^i fields at all sorts of twisted angles, mtl the grass is cut it is rouf ,[,[y ovcr theso fences sufficiently tight to hold it there and yet to let the win j blow . rea tm y through it so as to dry j t quickly.—Col. George Bliss in New y ot . k Times, Cart * Head. after The death plaster w now east of on Liszt view a at ^?^J***“ Oiosso ses tablishment in Bajwil “ Tlafhaid [li raid to be nu>tl f i ** .1 ! it 1 B -rr-i