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What Thin? Hare Ye That Wake,
What thing have ye that wako for us that
dream?
Whnt hour that I* more fair than hours that
neern?
What pleasure that xlmll vanish not in pain?
What l>liw to conus that shall not jsasw n^ain!
In dreamland ways lie nil things fain and
fair;
There muse lulls tins sorrowing heart of
eire;
There she, whom love may name not, silent
Mauds,
With eyes unwondering nnd imploring
hands.
The tou^h of lips that Item shall mv«r mast
The strange, fair blossoms flowering at our
feet;
Voie-s, well loved, tliat -tir the heart to tears
WUJi thought, of old and uureturning years.
T.tere, song so end in triumph thnt we weep
That its wh”l > joy sin 1 pass; there, perfect
sleep,
l/«»g rest, laid heavily on neliing evns,
That weary of the miiihj* ami sunrise.
What thing have yo that w.ike for us that
dream!'
hie and little laughter. Ye that deem
The crown of life *a I wl Join an I despair,
We kn iw Ihi* only, that nurdreanis are lair.
- Herbert Hutm in liogfnn Transn ipt.
THE BOMB.
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r.v vn ronrr.N hwiimi;.
Have 1 ever done anything worthy of
praise? A < I mu va n enough to be
proud of an incident which occurred
du mg the siege of Paris.
I beg the reader not to Ire alarmed.
I will not conduct him to tho ramparts,
nor to the out pasts, but simply to Tre¬
viso street, nnd to flic bouse of my old
friend, Dutailly, tho budmnd of an ex¬
cellent wife, the father of a charming
• # daughter, a successful manufacturer,
slightly crusty on tho subject of poli¬
ties, tm’, take him all in all, one of the
l»cst fellows in tho world.
Although surpriscl by the invest¬
ment of Pa is, Mn. Dutailly, wise
woman that she was, had busied herself
to provision the house, where she lmd
collected such an abundance of food
that if tho iego had continued three
months longer, tho fumdy would not
have suffered from hunger. Liberal also
to the needy, tho Dutaillys wore greatly
t cloved in that quarter of the city; es¬
pecially by myself, because I was wel¬
comed to a place at their table every
evening, wlicro 1 was able to make up
for tho privations of the day. Who
would not have rejoiced, in thoso days
of scarcity, at tho sight of an omelet
and other good things, was hod down
with excellent wine?
1 was not the only guest received at
this hospitnblo table. Young Anntolo
Bnebaut, superintendent of tho factory,
had a |.!aco by my side. He was a
clever fellow, melancholy, delicato,some¬
what timid, nnd greatly in love with
his employer’s daughter, M si Gertrude,
’ who did not seem iudiflhreat to his at!
tendons. Although no formal engage
naent had been contracted, the union of
tlie two young people was a thing tacit
ly agreed upon l*y the parents, bid un
fortunately the war lml adjourned thc
official ratification. Brabant, corporal
In the Volunteer* of tho Brine, per
formed his military duties faithfully,
but without enthusiasm, cursing the
i eng thy dotation of the siege which de.
laved his happiness, and cursing the
milittiry operations quietly, a* uai his
mtwuer, hut not without bitterness.
These criticisms did not fail to irri
ta'f Dutailly, who was a strong par¬
tisan of Oeu. Trochu, and things were
•till further aggravated by another
cause. Tho Times published at that
period a series of articles wherein the
author described th ■ military operations
Jn the provinces, accordin g to Lis wild
Imagination. D.ita U; took tlu* c
dtrams seriously, nnd predicted decisive
visidhes in n short time; the incredu¬
lous Briebnnt riskr l a timid objection;
D itaitly became excited and angry, and
accused his superintendent of prevent
of theM \oritt*.
SW presence of .nother guest , ,11
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pltd . byaoindivtdual who was red-faced,
noisy *nd boastful. Ho wore captain's
shoulder-straps ou a fantaatic.il c'at,
which looked ns if it might have been
picked from the discarded clothing of
some theatre, and ha t on immense boots,
after the manner of theatrical hero.
Dutailly introduced him to me m as
Captain Robillard, commanding the Lost
Children of Courbcvoic. ,
B)fore the conclusion of the first
course 1 had made up my mind about
Roubillard, and wus sure that his mili¬
tary exploit* consisted in removing
furniture from deserted ho us?* in thc
suburbs, for fear that it might tempt th)
cnfUitf of the enemy, and depositing
it in safe places, unknown to the owner*,
I wondered with dismay how thc heavy
ruffian was invite l to gnaw our part of
the cheese; but Mrs. Dutailly p-csently
gave me an explanation, not without
emotion. She hai bon out walking
)*te in the afternoon, and bad fallen,
hurting herself considerably and being
FORT GAINES, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1889.
stunned for a moment. Robillard, who
was passing, hid aided her to return
home, and, in recognition of his kind¬
ness, she could not do less than in¬
vite her savior to d.nner. This expla
nation reassured me, and I hoped that
my first sight of the hero would also bo
tho last. He raid that the war had
brought him bock to Paris, whose safety
required his presence. As to his prow¬
ess in the suburbs, at the head of the
Lost C'nilJren, you can readily conceive
that it jiassed all belief, ft* The enemy
eou’d not stand for a minuti. * *
With 5)00 bucks like mine, all the in
valers would be swept away,” etc.,
etc. Mr. Dutailly listened c nnplnceutly
to the enormities, nnd D itailly liiinsdf
was almost ready to believe them, As
for tho poor little corporal of volun¬
teers. he seemed to be crushed by the
presence of this big fellow.
I excused myself and loft the home
immediately after dinner to escape the
bluster of til’s G iscon, to whom, as I
suppose l, 1 bade an eternal adieu; but
in this I was greatly mistaken. On the
fo lowing Sunday I found him in the
*amo place, th n on Thursday, and
finally a plate was set for him at all our
meals. The heads of tho household
were fascinated. R dullard bad cap¬
ture! Mrs. Dutailly by his jovial humor
and .Mr. Dutailly by th) interest which
he seemed to display in the military
operations as condu-ted I»/ the Times.
Anatolc lost ground vi.dbly at each
meal in proportion as the captain grew
in favor.
A rial ole’■} discredit was especially
marked after the Bourget engagement
where the poor hid hud fought bravely,
and whence lie had returned to us
wounded in the arm. He described the
attack, the retreat and all tho principal
details of this heroic combat with so
much discouragement that the captain
was ready t o treat li in as a deserter aud
coward. With what noble indignation
did It>bill;ttd prove that if the Lost
Children had been there the result
would have been very differeut. There¬
upon, becoming excited, he sketched
for our edification a plan of advance—
passage through Oise, march through
R men and triumphal arrival at Havre—
which fi.lel Dutailly with enthusiasm.
Meauwhilo tho despise l Auatole suffered
greatly from the still bleeding wound.
Next day Anatolc had the fever aud
was confined to his bed, and was absent
from our daily repasts for several weeks.
On the evening of his return to the
house, convalescent and leaner than
over, Mis* Gertrude had red eyes, and
it was evident to nn that there ha l been
during the day some skirmish between
her and her mother, who was more in¬
fatuated than ever with It >billard. 1
believed that it was tinn to intervene iu
thc interest of thou* poor children. It
hn PP° nctl that this l,n 7 was tho last
Suu ' ,n >’ of t!lc vear - !in(l naturally we
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,ftlkci1 of ‘ hl> x, w Tear, which wo in
tcnded to celebrate as joyously ns possi
: Suddenly the captain said:
“By Jove! deai*Mr«. Dutailly, I must
civc r ou ;i Mir l >rl “ for present.”
This gave me the idea of preparing
m v own sur Pi’ Ue -
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°“ Year’s Day Dutailly was ra
‘Dant nnd received us wi.h open arms,
Thc of the T.mes had just an
n 'h*iated the army of Prince ttiarles on
the outskirts of Evreu.v, and Dutailly
0 ® orei1 pleasing intelligence for our
pre-cat. Anatoie brought a hare,
trapped in the devastated Islan l of
Saint IK‘iii«. As for the captain, he
presented to , Mrs. Dutailly a large
of sugare 1 chednuts in n German hem
iota
‘ Deer madam,” said he, with a
smile, “I could easily have given you
I this hemlct with the owner’s head
therein.”
“What!" cried Mrs. Dutailly, fi led
with admiration, “did you kill him?”
“Certainly 1 did. beauteous lady, that
1 might offer vou this bonbonniero, and
I venture to say tliut everybody could
I haI0 tilJ deed.''
1 1 *r»« J»» recital o( the .dye
turc, not a detail of which wat omitted
j | by the romancer you may be sure. Care*
f uUj concealed, he had tracked, sur
prised and thrown thc owner of the hel
| met, an ad\ meed sentinel, whom he
J had strangled so as not to attract the
attention of thc enemy by firing his re
’ volvcr! Oh. how small did
the hare,
strangled also, look beddc this glorious
trophy.
“As for me, *’ said I, “I would not
venture to emulate tho valor of the cap
I tain but I aLo have my little surprise.
It hai not yet arrived, and we might as
well go to dinner without waiting for
it.’
We sat down to table, and the meal
was Tcry g av . Wo were taking our
coffee when a servant told us that a gun
ncr bad just placed my present in the
parlor. We went there and found up
on the table an object wrapped in glazed
poper and tied with blue ribbon.
“What can that be? said Mr*,
Dutailly.
“You would never guess, dear
madam, but it is a bomb.”
“A bomb l”
“Dutailly has often told me that he
would like to have a bomb, and a real
one—‘one which has seen service’—and
my friend Loland, who commands a
battery, has sent me this, which comes
from the plains of Avron, where it failed
to explode in striking.”
As 1 apoko I untied the ribbon, tore
off the paper, and the bomb was dis¬
closed—black, sinister and threatening.
“By Jove f* said Dutailly, “you de¬
light me. I will hang it up in my
cabinet of curiosities.”
“But,” objected Mrs. Dutailly if it
did not explode—”
“O, have no fear. It was agreed
that Loland would have the charge
drawn before sending it to me. Be¬
sides, hero is a letter of explanation.”
I opened a noto which was stuck to
the side of the bomb and prepared to
rend it aloud; but at the first lino my
face must have expressed surprise, fol¬
io wred by dismay, for everybody cried
out at once:
ft « What is the matter with you?”
“My gracious! The matter? Listen,”
and 1 read:
“My Dear Friend—Here is the bomb
for which you asked me. But 1 could
not find a gunner here who knew how
to draw the load. Send it to the gun¬
smith in Opera Lane, who is accustomed
to this kind of work. You must be
very careful with it; don't let it hit any¬
thing and handle it very cautiously.
Remember, that the least shock v/ould
make the lomb explode.”—
I was interrupted by cries of fear.
“Take it away!’’ screamed Mrs. Du¬
tailly; “it is frightful! A loaded bomb
in my parlor!’’
“Nonsense,” said I, extending my
hand. “Be calm; there is no danger.
The gunner who brought it will take it
away.”
“But, sir,” said the servant, tremb¬
ling at the door, “the guuner has
gone.”
“Then,” said I, “I will” —
“I forbid you!” interrupted Dutailly.
“You ore not strong enough to carry it.
You might drop it on the stairs or iu
the hall.”
Mrs. Dutailly clutched me.
“No, not you. It is too dangerous.
Not you. 11
“This,” said Dutailly, “is a job for
a robust soldier. Fortunately the cap¬
tain is here.”
“I? ’ cried Robillard.
“Why, yes, my dear fellow; you are
as strong as a Turk, and you know how
to handle these things. You may plav
with canuon balls .and bombs as a schol¬
ar does with marbles and hand balls. ”
“Excuse me, excuse me,” objected
the captain, who paled visibly; “you
know that—» bomb—. Thuuder!
Couldn’t you wait until tomorrow, and
have it taken away by a gunner!”
But Mrs. Dmadly criel out:
4 ‘To-morrow 1 So that I shan’t close
my eyes all night. I would rather go
to a hotel.”
Anatolc said quietly:
“You need not leave the house,
madam; I will carry”—
Dutailly interrupted him.
‘ You are mad, ray boy. Convales¬
cent aud with your wounded arm. Do
you want to blow up thc house?”
“In truth,” said I, “this is not a job
for a sick man. ”
“ But for the captain, continued
Dutailly. “I wouldn't trust anyboly
elso * Comc . captain, stir yourself, and
r id us of this confounded nuisance.”
The captain at this moment evidently
* la< l R indigestion. But ho was
not a man to be put out for so little.
ft ft Of course,” said he, smiling, “I am
the mau to do this job. I was going to
remark when you interrupted me that it
would be rather dangerous for a pedes
trian to carry thc bomb, Ihe ground
is slippery, and a false step might be
the means of kiiliug a dozen people iu
the street. The thiug ought to be
transported ia » carriage. Gee. Se'nni /
„ho brought m. here, is dicing at Brc
but,'., and his carriage is a. the door o!
the restaurant. I will ask biin to lead
; it to me. He is a particular friead of
minc. The thing is as good as done,
G ve mo time to buckle my belt and go
there. I won’t be more than tea min
utes or a quarter of an hour at the
most.”
“Be quick,’ said Mrs. Dutailly, “I
*° R ’t breathe until you return.”
I will hurry, dear madam.
Tbui speaking, the captain took his
ca P aa( ! d° a k and departed.
By the manner in which he went
down stairs it was evident that he was
* n a ^ ur, 7
I returned to the parlor, where con
eternation reigned. Mrs. Dutailly wa?
j divided between the desire to run away
and the fear of leaving the bomb un
guarded. I carelessly glancsd into the
moonlit street,
“You ought to have let me take it,”
murmured Anatoie.
j “Nonsense!" replied Dutailly, some—
what surprised by the calm courage of
the young man. “It is much better for
the captain to do it.”
“I hope,” sighed Mrs. Dutailly,
“that ho won’t keep us waiting long.”
“As to keepiug you waiting, dear
mala me, ’’said I to her, with a laugh,
“that is precisely what he will do, for
he isn’t coming back.”
He isn’t coming back?”
' Certainly not. If ho had intended
i to go to Brcbant’she would have turned
1 to the right, and he has just turned to
the left, in something of a hurry, too.”
“Indeed! What does that mean?’’
“It means, my friends, that ycur cap¬
tain is a fraud, and I am glad that I
have dismounted the braggart's guns by
the aid of this machine.” And taring
a photograph album, I struck a violent
blow upon the fuse of the bomb, which
burst into a thousaud pieces—of choco¬
late. It was a chocolate bomb and
strewed upon the carpet a charge of
sugar plums, burnt almonds and pis¬
tachio nuts.
A roar of laughter salute l this explo¬
sion, aud I may say this denoeument;
for three months later Anatolc married
Gertrude.
And none of us ever saw the captain
agaiu.
A Ball Pitcher in Battle.
A Ban Francisco special to the Phila¬
delphia Press says that some passengers
by the Honolulu steamer gave interest¬
ing accounts of scenes at the recent bat¬
tle in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. The
day was won by a base ball pitcher,
who utiliz 'd his skill by throwing dy¬
namite bombs into the bungalow that
formed (he hcudquirters of the insur¬
gents and brought the in to tcrm3
quicker than rifle or cannon slot.
Ti c blue jackets kept up a disastrous
filing all day, nnd it was finally decided
to throw dynamite on the bungalow.
Bomb* were quickly nude, but it was
found that there were no guns to fire
them. It was a long throw, aud in
their dilemma tho king’s guird secured
the services of Ilaywood House, pitcher
of the Honolulu bise ball ciub. House
took up his position in the Coney Island
bul ling, ju>t across a narrow lane and
overlooking the bungalow. No attack
was expected from that quarter, and
there was notaing to disturb the bomb
thrower. House stood for a few mo¬
ments with a bomb in his hand, as
though lie were in the box waiting for a
bitsman. He had to throw over a house
to reach the lu igalow, which he could
not see. The first bomb went sailing
over the wall, nude a down curve and
slru.k the side of the bungalow about a
foot from the roof, and the yell that
followed rem'ndcd one of a day at the
Haight-street grou ids when good
pitchers were in the box. Tiie bomb
had reached them aud hurt a uumber of
the insurgents.
House coolly picked out another
bin.b Toon he took a step back, made
a half turn aud sent it whizzing. It
lauded on the roof of the bungalow,
smashed a hole four men could have
dropped through and scattered old iron
among the rebels u >til they the ught
they were in a boiler explosion. The
base ball pitcher was too mush for the
rebels. He heaved one more bemb and
Wilcox came cut and surrendered.
A Snow-White Owl from the North.
A beau iful live white owl is on ex -
hibition at the music store of Smith &
Dixonfin Louisville, Ky. It was sent
there by Mr. L J. Smith of Niagara
Falls, aiid ieloiigs to a very rare species.
It was capture 1 by a young hunter in
the woods near Q tehee, Canada. It
was found iu a l.ol’ow tree and secured
with a net. The habitat of the bird is in
the extreme north, so Mr. Sm th wrote
when he sent tho owi, and only ex¬
tremely cold weather drives it as far
sQjj;th as Quebec. So far as known only
seven of the birds have been captured
t killed in Canada in the last three
year-. The one cn exhibition is a per¬
fect specimen. It is snow-white, and
about the size and sh tpe of the common
large owl .—Xeie Tort • Sun.
The Biggest Gold Nugget.
There have been big gold nuggels
found in various countries, but the larg
est that was ever discovered, tho Silter
Dollar states, was found in New Sou*h
Wale*, Au tralia. ft was unearthed on
Miy 10. 1872 Its weight in'ches. was 64)
j pounds, height 4 feet 9 width 3
fcet two j uc hes, average th cknes?, 4
iuches; an A it was worlh 800 lt
yas f oua j imbedded in a thick wall of
blue sla e, at a depth of 25 J feet from
the surface. An interesting feature of
it* history was that the owner* of the
I mine were living on charity when they
found it.
Ho? Cholera in Tennessee.
i Hog cholera prevails in many counties
I of the state, lt is estimated that this
disease annually destrop from |5)0,000
to $1 000,000 of live property in Tea
aeisee. The last legislature passed a
iaw making it a miidsmeano
able with a fine, for pe
or ^£k dying
Tl ,od
A “RABBIT DRIVE.”
Wholesale Slaughter of a Fleet
California Pest.
A Thousand People Engage in
Their Destruction.
The rabbiti of Southern California
are as vigorous and prolific asauy of the
other productions of the state. In
newly settled regions, says a corres¬
pondent of the Now York Tribune , they
provo a devastating pest to tho orchard
owner. In conscqucuec there is a de¬
cided hostility felt toward the pretty
little animals, which has led to the in¬
stituting of “rabbit driv.s.” One of
these occurred at Rialto, a “boom-time”
town near Ban Bernardino. The
“drive” did not, in results, compare
with those which occur in some of tho
sections further north, where the slain
number up into the thousands, but it
was interesting in its way and was a
fair sample of the sport, as people hero
call a slaughter of animals, where tho
only skill required is ability to wield
the club.
There were about 1,500 men, women
and children in attendance; on foot,
horse, mule and buerro, iu carriages,
carts and buggies. A special train
carried several hundred from Bin Ber¬
nardino, which put on the festivo ap¬
pearance of a circus day; bauds paraded
the streets and the enthusiasm was well
worked up.
The method pursued in this sport is to
build a V-shaped corral out of wire
fencing at some suitable spot on tho
plains, The drivers then form a line as
long as po-sible with tho end curved
toward tho ends of the wire fence. A
noisy march then ensues, tho country
being thorougldy beaten. The fence
wings stretched out about two miles,
coming together at a point at which was
built a slaughter pen, covering about an
acre. At least a thousand men, women
and boys took part in the drive, yelliug,
whooping, and starting tho “bunnies”
from their shelter. The great jack
rabbits \ve®t bounding along in Kauga
roo style, while the timid little cotton
tail scurried hither and thither. Some¬
times in their fright they would blindly
run right into the line of tho club¬
swinging mob, aud a rush would
be made for them with club or cane, or
perhaps a parasol.
When the crowd finally arrived at the
gap between tho wings of the fence, the
excitement grew intense, It was
whack, wliack, whack; men anil wo¬
men wildly rushed around pounding tho
poor creatures to death. The scene can
hardly be imagined, the weather was
very lio‘, the mercury being up in the
nineties, but that made no difference.
The thousand oeople were mad with the
lust of killing and so well was their
work done that at the close, when the
last animal ha 1 been smashed to pieces
the ground inside of the wings for a
distance of two miles was strewn with
dead rabbits. However, from a non
scnt mcntal point of view thc result was
satisfactory, for the end desired was ac¬
complished.
Thc people of Rialto provide I thc
visitors with a luncheon and did every¬
thing to display their gratitude aid
hospitality. The whole affair was a
curious sight, not the least interesting
part of which svas the eu)rgy and vin¬
dictiveness with which tiie women
and girls entered into the amusement,
jibbing and poking their game to
death. The hunt demonstrated tho
thing, that the fair sex cannot wield a
club wi h dexterity, notwithstanding
the a'lusions of the humorists to their
habit of correcting husbands with tho
aid of the rolling pin.
Syrup from Melons.
Colouel William Duucau of South
Carolina proposes that the surplus wa¬
termelons be converted into syrup.
Sich a suggestion, says the New
Orleans Picayune, would be entirely ap¬
propriate in many of the Southern
States, where the melons are abundant,
while the process of preparation would
be simple.
The Atlanta Constitution says!
» » The iiea was utilized during the
war on more than one plantation in the
South, and in Putnam county, at least,
watermelon syiup was no rarity.
P.operly nnde, it is clearer than honey
and as sweet, and while the primitive
experiments to reduce it to sugar were
failures, there can be no doubt that the
surplus crop can be made to take the
place of the “honey sweetening” of
commerce to a great extent. It may be,
tpp, that experiments ca;riei on in a
more scientific way will result in the
granulation nece-sary to make sugar.
Couldn't Help It.
Omaha Teacher—1 shall have to
l^ish you for being late to schooL
v.ii Johnnie Smith's
WILL B. GRAHAM, Editor«nl Manager.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
*Kie sardine’s of cozapierco aro young
fish not yet arrived at maturity.
Professor Biako is experimenting with
the view of perfecting a system of tele¬
phonic communication at sea.
Iron ore is produced in twenty-nine
counties of England aud Wales, twelve
counties of Scotland and in ono of the
provinces of Ireland.
A new lacquer named “ardeabrite’*
has just been brought out in London,
Eng, It is said to bo proof against
water, steam, smoke, sea air and sen
water.
A writer in a scientific magazine says
tho earth is being bored too much (for
natural gHs, coal oil, etc.) and is liable
to lose its place among tho heavenly
bodies iu consequence.
Tile actual measurement of over two
hundred persons of different sizes and
ages showed the electrical resistance
from hand to hand to vary but little
from 1000 olum—a very low valuation.
Several accidents from tho explosion
of mineral oil lamps having occurred in
railway cars in Bueno* Ayres, tiic gov¬
ernment has given directions that here¬
after all railway cars are to have electric
light fittings.
Entomologists stated that there is
reasonable hope that a scientific plan
will be devised whereby whole tribes of
noxious insects may be exterminated by
the artificial multiplication of their in¬
noxious enemies.
A Cincinnatti physician believed tliai
rheumatism is caused by bacilli. They
originate in decaying matter and get
into the system from tho atmosphere.
Green plants in living rooms he pro
nouuccd a great source of danger.
There is no properly recorded instance
of a locomotive attaining a greater
speed than eighty miles an hour; back
pressure aud various resistances, includ¬
ing that of tho air, will it is asserted
prevent uuy higher speed than this be¬
ing reached.
The remarkable “Floating Island” of
Derwentwater, England, the periodical
appearance of which has given rise to so
much speculation, has been declared to
bo the highest part of a great blister¬
like upheaval of peat which here forms
the bottom of the lake.
According to a French physiologist
the wing of the ordinary housefly
makes .‘WO strokes in one second; the
wing of tho bumble bee, 240; the wing
of the honey bee, 190; the wing of the
sparrow, 13; the wmg of tho wild duck,
9; the wing of the house pigeon, 8; the
wing of the osprey, 6.
Dr. Whitcombs of tho Birmingham.
(England) Lunatic Asylum has turned
a number of wild rabbits loose on to
the fields adjoining the institution. It
is thought that the inmates will be
amused by seeing the rabbits run about,
and to divert the minds of the patients
is one of the great objects of the insti¬
tution.
Borne years ago M. Sorel, a French
chemist, discovered that theexychloride
of magnesium possessed “hydraulic”
qualities in a remarkable degree, and he
utilized it as the basis of the Bore!
stone, which exceeds the hardness of
any other artificial stone, aud is now
u-ied mainly in making emery wheels.
Recent experiments lo aseerlam with¬
in what limits the ear can dis.inguisli
the difference in the pitch of two sounds
show that the smallest difference per¬
ceptible by untraine l or only slightly
trained ears appears to be from one
fortieth of a sotni-tone. It is said that
a peculiarity that seems to apply alike
to trained and untrained ears is that
they detect upward differences more
easily than downward.
An examination of the possible work
of thc fuel and steam in a steamer con
surning 240 tons of coal per day may
give us some idea of a transatlantic
liner s immensity. Tun tons of coal, or
22 400 pounds per hour, will convert;
224,000 pounds of water into about
6,048,000 cubic feet of steam at atmos¬
pheric pressure; this reduced one-sixth,,
or 1,008,000 cubic feet, shows the
amount of steam available at 100 pounds
pressure per square inch. This is about
the u most possible from the boiler for
one hour’* work.
“He Got There Just the Same.”
“Edith?”
“Yes, Tom?”
“I_I have a very important question
to ask you. And—”
“Yes, Tom?”
“Now, don’t work any sister racket
on me.”
ft* What is the question Tom?”
t •!—i—well, the fact of it is, my
name is going to be printed in the local
paper soon—in the local paper, down
next to the advertisements, don“^
know; and I was wondering amon^|l
would be all aloae
yours
Mcatlow-Sweet
The meadow sweet was uplifting
Its n umelots of delicate hue; *
Tlie clouds were all dreamily drifting
Above the blue.
>*
Oil the day when T broke from my tethof,
And lh\l from square andrfrom street;—
The day we went walking together
In the meadow. Sweet.
The meadow, sweet with its clover
And bright with its buttercups l« t
The swallows kept eddying over,
All flashing and gay.
I remember a fairylike feather
Hailed down your coining to greet,
The day we went walking together
1 n the meadow, Sweet.
Ah! the meadow. Sweet 1 and the singing
Of birds in tho boughs overhead!
And your soft little hand to mine cliuging.
And the words that you said
Wh ■»—• l old in tho beautiful weather—
I laid my love at your feet.
Tho day we wont walking together
Iu tho meadow, Sweet.
Francis IFi/unc in Longman's.
III MORBUS.
When you can get a horso at a bar¬
gain, drivo your bargain.
Strange is slang. It is just when you
“get on” to a thing that you “tum¬
ble.”
It is perfectly safe to kiss a maiden
when she drops her eyes. Thenceforth
she is of necessity blind.
Laura—I tell you, Emily, I will novor
marry the the man who doesn’t love
mo! Emily—And I will novor love 8
man who doesn’t marry me.
Tommy—“Pop, what’s a philanthrop*
1st?’ Mr. Figg—“A philanthropist,
my son, is a man who would rather
supply a dozen men with a collar apiece
than give ono man a shirt ”
Visitor: Bo your sister is off on tt
visit, Willie? I suppose you fool very
lonesome without her? Fivc-ycar-old
Willie (dubiously): Yo-es, I feel lone¬
some, but—I’m a good deal moro com
foi table.
Fond lover, after a long-delayed pro#
posal—“Perhaps I have been too sud¬
den, darling.” Darling girl (regaining
licr composure with a mighty ciXorl)—•
“Yes, George, it is very sudden, but”
—and hero she became faint againt—“it
is not too sudden.”
“Augustus,” said Mrs. J leu peck se¬
verely, “I see a woman in New Jersey
bus been convicted of being a common,
scold. I should like to see auy brute
of a man try that on me!” But you
are no common scold, Maria,” responded
Mr. lien peck, with a sigh. And Mrs,
Henpeck is still wondering what he
meant.
The Largest of Meteorites.
One of tho largest meteorites which
has ever beo i scon to fall on this earth
from outer space is temporarily in the
collection of the American Museum of
Natural History at New York city. It
is a dark mass of iron aud nickel, and
weighs 107 1-2 pounds. In shape it is
irregular, approaching roundness some¬
what, like a lump of snow or clay which
had been grdspod for tho purpose of
moulding into a bad. Tho same
idea is suggested by tho appearance of
tho surface, which is pitted all ovor
with indentations that look like tho
marks of the thumbs and fingers of
of some huge being who lnd moulded
tho mass of liquid metal and flung it at
some enemy in space. The meteorite,
with eighty-three other specimens, be¬
longs to George F. Kunz, tho mineral
expert of Tiffany who is now in Paris
with the Tiffany collection of gems at
the exposition. The collection ol
meteorites, which he has offered to sell
to the Museum, is tho largest private
collection known, and has been picked
up, piece by piece, by Mr. Kunz from
different parts of the world.
Thc Johnson County meteorite, as the
large one is called, gets its name from
the place wiicra it fell, Johnso i County,
Ark., on March 27, 1886. Its decent
was seen or heard over an area of near
iy 10J miles and caused great alarm.
The loud report was followed by a long
drawn hissing sound, and came in the
middle of a pleasant afternoon, Thi
meteorite cut through the limbs of a
tall pine tree within seventy-five yards
of the house of Christopher Shandy, oo
thc Arkansas River. His wife, who was
at home alone, saw the limbs fall from
j thc tree and when her husband came
back in the evening he found the me
teorite in the ground about three feet
below the surface. It was hot whea
they dug it out. In a few days the ac¬
counts of it were spread over the coun.
try and the meteorite was purchase! and
cxhibitel in different towns before il
was obtained by Mr. Kunz. — Tori
Tribune.
Equal to an Emergency.
! A clergyman, consoling a younj
widow on tha death of her husband,
remarked that she could not find hit
flual.
k “I know I can’t” replied the sobbin|
W.x one. I « But,” she added, with i
ly smile, “I mean to try.”-*
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