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VOL. I
The loss of life by the recent floods
the Chinese provinces is placed nt 100 I
000 .
In South America one sees grout field,
thickly covered with oats, which have
not been sown, but growing spun-
t a ueouslyj _______
A professional swindler who was rent
recently to,Blackwell's Island, New York
city, boasts of having been arrested fifty-
five times during the last nineteen years.
Now that Brazil is a republic, perhaps
her coffee will have a finer flavor. Rio
coffee, an exchange alleges, made in
North America is not as good as it might
be.
During 1889 slightly over a hundred
million dollars’ worth of gold lias been
dug from the earth on tho four con¬
tinents; the largest quantity came from
Australia, California and South Africa.
Thc striking bakers iu London have
succeeded in reducing their working day
to ten hours and, as a result of this, the
master bakers intend to add a half¬
penny to the price of the fourpeuuy
loaf.
Here are a few dates just now of pe¬
culiar interest:
liTli—The United States of America.
1824—The United States of Mexico.
18';i—The United States of Columbia.
1864—The United States of Venezeula.
1889—The United States of Brazil.
European powers are casting lots foi
Africa,and Africa is not allowed a chance
in thc game. Civilization preceded by
appropriation may be a gain to (he resf
of humanity, but, in the opinion of the
Detroit Free Press, it is a little tough or
the Africans.
George Kennan, the well-known write!
on Russia, in a lecture in New York city,
us an instance of the severity of the
climate, told his hearers how he froze
mercury in a bullet mold, and then put
ting the bullet in a rifle, fired it through
an inch pine board.
Some Italian observers have been re¬
cently testing the senses of criminals,
and they find these duller than in tlie
average of people. Signor Ottolenghi,
in Turin, found last voir a less acute
sense of smell in criminals, and he now
affirms the same for taste, which he tested
by applying hitter and sweet substances
(strychnine and saccharine) in dilute so¬
lution to the tongue. He finds also the
taste of the habitual criminal less acute
than that of the casual offender.
News has reached San Francisco of the
attempted murder of Count Okuma, .Min¬
ister of Foreign Affairs for Japan. The
Minister had returned from a cabinet
meeting and was about to enter the gate
of his residence when a political enemy
of his named Kudishma Tsuneki, threw a
bomb at him. The missile struck the
top of the carriage and exploded. The
Count was severely wounded in the right
leg and slightly in the hand and face.
It was found necessary to amputate the
leo-. Thc would-be assassin killed him-
seh'.
It is safe to predict, says Detroit Fret
Press, that more bio id will be shed'ir
Africa within the next ten years than
anywhere else in the civilized world. A•
the natives begin to appreciate the scope
of the plans of England, Germany, Bel¬
gium and other powers, the hostility now
shown is certain to increase aud thc col¬
lisions to grow more frequent. Of course
the blacks have no chance of ultimate
success, but their great numbers, their
inherited disregard for human life and
tho remoteness of tlie invaders—for such
they must be called—from supplies oi
reinforcements,, will serve to make thc
contest more nearly equal thau at. first
blush seems possible. This later carrying
of the war into' Africa will have a terri¬
ble issue.
In the deliberations of the internationa,
maritime conference at Washington, one
resolution was insisted Upon, the require¬
ment, namely, that iu a fog, mist, or
falling snow, vessels shall go at a moder¬
ate rate of speed. Positive legal require¬
ments in this direction, according to tlie
New York Obsercer , are badly needed,
for tho recklessness of steam vessels at
such times is continually on thc increase,
The argument of the ocean steamers that
there will always be a possibility of a col
lision in a fog, and that on thc whole thc
steamer running thc fastest will have thc
best chance of escape, entirely ignores
the chances of the second vessel. If it
is a fishing smack or coasting ship, such
as are most frequently met in the foe
banks, the probability that it will escape
entire destruction is very small, and di-
minislies in proportion to the speed oi
the colliding vessel. Still another point
often overlooked is the fact that when a
ship is wrecked by the larger ves-
if the second ship is sailing at full
there is uo chance that it can be
topped iu time to rescue tho survivors.
| law restraining tho speed of vessels in
Vg* is a law in the interest* oi humanity
m eotsmon senso-
V*> r
TIIE I ENTERPRISE
By bond purchases since August, 1887,
tnoro than $80,000,000 has been saved
the country.
United States Senator Frye says that
he is convinced that (he Pacific railroads
can eventually pay their debts to the
Government in full.
The annual report of the crops of
South Carolina, for the past year, shows
that tho corn crop was 20,000,000
bushels, which is more by several millions
than for any year since the war.
Some Missourians hung John Barnes in
ettigy and thought they had the funniest
sort of a time, but lie took them to court
for slander and made it cost every one of
them $100 or more, and their grins re¬
sembled the gates of a graveyard as they
handed over the cash.
The first statue erected in this coun¬
try to a workingman will soon be uu-
veiled in Sacramento, Cal. It is in honor
of E. J. Stevens, late Master Mechanic
of the Southern Pacific Railroad, who
had for years been in charge of immense
railroad shops in Sacramento. The funds
for the monument were contributed en¬
tirely by workingmen.
A young man was bitten by a dog
nearly a year ago iu Philadelphia, but the
wound soon healed. Ill-advised friends
constant!} talked to him about the prob¬
able outcome of the bite, so that he
actually thought he had rabies, aud only
recently died from the fright consequent
from this idea. The verdict was death
due to “spurious hydrophobia.”
Iu buying Sunol, the famous California
three-year old, with a record of 2.10 a,
Robert Bonner is said to have paid the
highest price ever given for a horse in
this country—or over $105,000, tlie sum
paid for Axtell last summer. As the
owner of Maud S, Rarus, and other
fliers, Mr. Bonner has, Harper's Weekly
thinks, a very neat fortune locked up in
horefiesh.
Collegc professors, civil engineers and
magazine writers arc directing public
attention to the subject of country high¬
ways, and the Vanderbilt University in
Tennessee, has gone so far as to provide
for the free instruction iu road engineer¬
ing of one person from each county in
that State. The Baltimore Sun, which
is agitating tho question iu Maryland,
points out that the power required to
draw a wagon weighing with its load one
ton ou a level macadamized road of
broken stone is sixty-five pounds, which
is increased to 200 pounds on a common
dirt road. Professor Ely, of Johns Hop¬
kins University, estimates that poor roads
cost the farmer on an average of $15 per
horse; and Professor Jenks, of Knox
College, Illinois, argues that with good,
permanent roads freight could often be
hauled ten miles or wagons cheaper than
it could bo taken one mile on a dirt road
to a railroad station, unloaded, put on
the cars, and carried to its destination.
Of the social influences of good roads lie
says that “a large part of the mental in¬
spiration of the farmers depends on their
ability to attend church, lectures, con¬
certs and social gatherings at a distance,
anti really good roads, by enabling them
to go so much more easily, would doubt¬
less raise the whole intellectual tone of
the farming community, besides keeping
within the healthful influence of the
farm many who are now forced into the
towns. ”
The denouement of tho Brazilian revo¬
lution is a new thing in history, and
“shows,” in the judgement of thc New
Yo*k Post, “how commercial is the age
in which we live. An Emporer who ab¬
dicates for a large sum in cash and an
annuity is an absolute novelty in polities.
.Leopold, of Belgium, made a speech in
1848 from his palace windows, giving
notice that he took the throne to ac¬
commodate the Belgians, and was ready
to leave whenever they were, dissatisfied,
but he gave no hint that he would ex¬
pect compensation in money, either in a
lump sum or a pension, Amadeo also
abandoned the Spanish throne in disgust,
but made no terms. In every other caso
that'we can recall, mor.archs who have
quitted their thrones under duress have
gone off without any settlements, if not
after a fight. The arrangement with the
Emperor of Brazil will, therefore, prob¬
ably constitute a most useful precedent,
which many monarchs will think of with
secret satisfaction. King Humbert, of
Italy, makes no secret of his readiness to
retire from liis Government, whenever
the country gives unmistakable proof of
a desire to try something else. After
wiiat lias happened iu Brazil, he would
undoubtedly expect a retiring allowance
of some kind. Thc Sultan, too, who
lives ir. hourly dread of being driven out
of Constantinople, will probably now
hold out, wheu the crisis comes, for a
few millions in the way of salve. Nothing
could more completely extinguish the
old mediaeval idea of ‘divine right,’ A
right which can be appraised aud extin¬
guished by dollars surt ceuU cacmot be
divine ”
CARNESVILLE, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 6.1890.
SUNSHINE IN THE HEART. .
Let us carry our sunshine with us
‘. footsteps tend, ' "i
ever our
Tu li dark he the clouds above us. ;
And gloomy the path before.
Lot the joys that we onoo have treasitff
A joy to the' present lend,
And the hope of a gladder future
Console till our griefs are o’er.
What matter then if skies bo dun,
If in our hearts still shines the gun!
Let us carry our sunshine with usf
A wounded heart it will cheer,
That forgets that the sides are glowing,
•So long has their light been veiled;
And a word, if in kindness spoken,
While smiles on the face appear,
May strike the full chords of sympathy
When all other efforts have failed.
IVhat matter then if skies be dun,
If in our hearts still shines the sun?
—George Birdseye.
HIS FIRST CASE,
a doctor s story.
It froze, and it continued to
There was lacework ou the panes of the
most exquisite beauty,and icicles of crys-
tal dependent from the eaves of my
house. The trees were so covered with
fairy frostwork that when the sun shone
the eyes were dazzled, while the mind
wonder. was—no, ought to have been, tilled with
I say ought to have been, for mine was
not. Iu fact, I was too ill-tempered at
that time,and the mere it froze the worse
my temper grew. I walked up ami
down my little surgery to keep myself
warm, and abused everything and every¬
body, myself w»rst of all.
I abused Long Pogis for being the
prettiest and healthiest place that was
aver situated twenty miles from a town
ind railway station, and called myself an
idiot for buying a practice in so out-of-
the-way a spot, and thinking that I, a
young doctor, would he sure to get ou.
ButI had not “goton,’’for I had been
there a year, and so far had found that
<ny practice really was to practise pati¬
ence, for no one would give me a chance
in medicine. Not but that there were
Jonty of people about; the trouble was
chat either they would not be ill, or,
vheu they were ill, they would go to old
Doctor Robson at Tunston, twenty miles
way, when they might have come to me
tnd been cured for "half the money.
I was not what is commonly called
“hard up,” for I had enough money left
to last me, with economy, for another
•ear; but I was sick and tired of the ter¬
rible inaction, and of being pitied, or
iaughed at, or treated with contempt, as
chc new doctor.
Iu such a frame of mind I ought to
have sensibly set to work to heal myself
oy prescribing exercise i»nd fresh air,
and forced myself to go out, instead of
sitting indoors studying, and fearing to
leave home in ease that long-expected
patient should come, as come he would,
I was sure, directly I went out.
I walked to the fire and poked it that
frosty day, and then I walked to the
Window, rubbed away a little of the
ferny ice pattern, and looked out.
Two ruddy-faced young fellows and
three their sisters, merry-looking girls, evidently
Were walking sharply by.
fjw
* k ““
“Off skating!” I said aloud, and
thrill of pleasure shot through me.
Well, why not? I had a splendid pair
of nearly new skates, which had been
ground and oiled before they were put
away two seasons before. The ice was
perfectly safe, the sun shone, the sky
was blue. In imagination I began to
glow and feel the blood throbbing in
my veins as I heard the hollow, metalie
ring of the black ice, and saw the puffs
of white dust fly at every stroke of my
“They re going up to the big sheet of
water on the way to the hall. Lord John
is in town, and the baliff has given them
leave. Hurrah! I’ll be a bov again for
a day, and skate as I used to skate. It’ll
do me good and-”
A second thought struck me, and I
brow myself in my chair with my fore-
head ail in lines, for I caught a glimpse
c/re li f gl f 6 '
“Self-denial, < John , Russell!” I said.
“Master yourself, for so sure as you go
skating somebody will come and want
you. Stop at home and study up, ready
for the patient who will come. Your
surgery s weak yet
Of course it is! 1 roared, angrily,
asi spoken in answer “So to somebody who had
would yours be if ybu had
no practice!”
I jumped up and went to the
a^an, or a party of young men were
going by talking and laughing, and
carrying thc skates but one, who had a
gun. .'
As 1 reached , , tlie window I shrank
luck and lelt the blood tingle in my
cneeks, for one tall young fellow, whom
I recognized as a gentleman farmer’s sou,
looked at my house aud said something
to his companions, at which they all
laughed.
“Ah me!”I said to myself. “They
are pitying the poor doctor, when, per-
haps, that fellow with the gun will shoot
himself, or half a dozen of them will go
in and be half drowned, or—who’s that
they’re talking to in the chaise? Oh, Old
Morton, the veterinary surgeon. Pity I
was horses, not brought up a vet! Plenty of
toring, cows, pigs and sheep want doc-
but no people.”
Thc skaters went on, and I took down
abook which, off and on, I studied all
day, going deeply into the construction
of joints and their muscles, aud uues-
tioning myself i how I should proceed if at
any time was called in to attend a pa-
tient with a sprained ankle, knee, wrist
elbow, or dislocated limb.
Just as I resumed my seat after lunch
tho ^ skaters came back, evidently to their
own dinners, and just then Mrs. Dinton
ca.iie in to clear away.
“I knowsd would be, sir,” she said,
"The pump—.it’s froze hard. 5 ’
“Restore it* circuiatjpu with a kettle
cf Wiibtf water, Mm, Platan,” I «Ud,
“and have it bandaged with liny bauds.”
^ “Why, sir, any one would think that
.ton were a country gentleman, instead of
from town. That's just what I was going
to do.”
I went on reading; Mrs. Dinton went
^ italkiug.
i “They tell me some of the young
people’s got a whole bundle of torches
from Tunston, and they're going to skate
I 'do to-night by torchlight. And oh, what
you think, sir? Marly, the carrier,
tells me that the old doctor over at
Tuuston’s ill in bed with gout.”
“Humph! Might seud for me to help
him!” I muttered to myself.
“And that he has got a local demon
down from London to help him."
“Ah what?” I roared.
u Well, sir, I thought it strange, but
that’s wlmt Marly said.”
“No, no; locum tenons, Mrs. Dinton.”
“No, sir; he said local demon as plain
as plain, and Dick Marly’s a very careful
man. You won’t go skating, sir? I did
dusty your skateses.”
“No, no, Mrs. Dinton. Too busy
thanks.
“Poor old fellow! Gout? Well, he
" ill not. want me,” I said to myself, and
I read till the sun set red over the hill,
and then till the mist was gray, and the j
night set in as it does set in during a :
January frost. ■
As I sat over my tea in my eosey, warm i
room, and listened to the humming of tho
frosty wind outside, I turned in my party! chair i
to listen to a merry chorus, as a
went by ray window, and the clink of a j
pair of skates told me what their mission j !
must be.
1 read on for perhaps an hour, quite in j
good spirits, and was mentally treating a
very bad sprain successfully, when Mrs. j I
Dinton bustled into the room.
1 ‘A letter for you, sir. i Man brought j
it from the Hall, sir.”
“From the Hall?” I cried, excitedly,
“Islie waiting?” i
' “No, sir; he’s directly?’ gone again. Said you j
was to come on j
I opened the envelope with trembling I !
fingers, and read, written in a bold clear |
j lam ].
“Mr. Russelt: Come on to the Hall di¬
rectly. Leg "badly Lord fractured. John has met Bring with an accident.
your instru¬
ments’”
1 ‘Lord John!” I exclaimed. 1 ‘I thought
his lordship was iu towu.”
“I did hear as he was expected down
at any time, sir. Is anything the mat- i
ter?” i
“Quick, “Leg Mrs. broken!” Dinton, I said, hurriedly.!
my coat!”
“Bless us and save us! Poor, dear
man! He’s, slipped on the front door- J
steps as sure as I’m a sinful woman, and
1.1m with a hopeful o servants, aud not |
to think to throw down a shovel of ash! j
Here’s your comforter, sir.”
I slipped the things mi, stuffed band- :
ages and splints into my pockets, a bottle !
or two in Others, and then caught up a \
cupboard. long mahogony box from the sideboard j 1
“Oh, for goodness sake, sir, don’t say
as you’re going to—”
“That’s all, I think!” I said, breath- j
lessly. “Don’t sit up if I’m late.”
Tlie next minute, without hearing Mrs. I
Dinton’s reply, I was out iu the frosty
night thinking possibilities. of tlie task I had iu hand,
aQ d the
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villi it. ™Mj li»l» staini„g tho |>,m .
! snow, I could see other lights down iu
i » Hollow to my left, and hear shouts as
j the smoky torches of the skaters glided 1
here and there.
I almost ran the rest of the wav, and
kept expecting to see the illuminated J
windows of the old FJizabetluui Hail;
.
but all was dark and still, and when
reached the place, I was saluted by the
baying of a dog and a man came out of |
a y«>'d to my right with a lantern, while
1 h,m ' ~ ,ta «*■«■»i
stab ^’ j
Who a there? I
“I-Mr Russell, I said “Will you
■ sb,) ' v > ni; the way up to the bouse?”
“Yes, sir; but there’s no one there, j I
sir. Mr. Bennet and old Sam are in the
tables
What is he there? ’ I said !
«“ d mi 8 b ty bad ”
then - Ho ' V ' dld thc aCC1 . -
dcat , ” c f. ur? .’ !
‘Well, sir, that s what , . f 1 can ,. t make .
out, said the old bailiff, whom I m
recognized, as he led me toward thc
“No business to ha’ slipped up
«* b « dld ; 8 tbrec da >’ s slncc b <’
' va f™" gb ° d ' .
‘What?’ I said, as we entered the
stable "here a group or people were
standing in front of a stall
:‘ Ib ‘ d blra "ell-roughed” said the
ai 1 ’
“My good , man!” m T I exclaimed; 1 • 1 ai “has
“«>* Lord John broken 1m leg? ’
f ’ V r ’ 7? r6e and only fetch- ,
• “8 * h> ad < wood; and a fine taking
1m lordship will be in, and the young la-
dl f. too when they pome down, for he s
a fine old favorite o theirs. Morton says
there’s atld t* 1011 nothing the kennel for him after but we’ve tho pole-ax, took off j
his skin.”
and “Here,” taking the I said, letter unbuttoning my coat |
from my breast. j
The old bailiff opened and read the
letter “Some by the one’s light been pf having tho lantern. with j
sir—hocussing a game
you of you.”
f skimped my foot and made a snatch
at the letter, white with rage and disap- i
pointment. j
“Which I call it a shame, sir. It’s j
because we alius callci the old horse I
Lord John.” j
“Give me my letter and let me go.”
“Stop a moment, sir,” said the old
mao, taking out a letter which he read
aloutl:
' ‘ We’ll mindand shut the gates after we’ve
S ’ * * baU b ° off tUc 1C ° by
I “Yes, I thought so, sir. One of Mr.
Mark Winsev’s games. Look.”
I snatched the twp letters and com-
parcel them. There was no doubt about •
it, I had been hoaxed by thc practical
Joker of tho place
“if I had him hero,” Jwld, fiercely.
“I'd howiwhlp h-w."
“And servo him right, too, sir. It's
too had to a gentleman; and it’s liko
him as called wolf in the fable. P’r’nps
some day ho’ll want help and it mayn’t
come.”
“Well, Master Bart,” said a rough
voice, “the sooner the better, 1 say.”
“Oh, don’t say that, Mr. Morton,”
cried a woman. “Poor old Lord John!”
“Well ’tis a bad job, Mrs. Benuet, but,
the sooner lie’s put out of his misery the
better."
“I’m ’fraid so, Mr. Morton. Poor old
chap, then!”
The lmlitT went into the stable when
a good looking cob was standing on
three legs, and the poor brute turned its
head round and uttered a pitiful whin-
nying sound, while I looked on.
“If you’ll fetch the pole-axe, Mnstei
Bart, I’ll soon do it,” said the harsh-
voiced man.
“Is the leg badly broken?” I said.
“Well, V no; not what you’d call badly
broken,
“Couldn’t you set it?”
“Set it!” said the vet contemptuous¬
ly; “who ever heard of setting a horse’s
’
have, 1 said sharply, for Ins tout
annoyed me. ,
"Ihen d better set it, . , said,
you no
8 sneer,
“I will, I said.
“ ’’ ” a ‘ *
“Does your master set much store bj
'his horse?” I said,
“Store by him,sir?’ cried the bailiff
“Why, Miss Lydia will break her heart
a hout it. His lordship wouldn t lose him
for a hundred pound.” said,
“Shall I try and set the leg? I
“Shall you try, sir. Will you?
For auswer 1 took oS coat > and
thu veterinary surgeon laughed. ,
I need not tell how did it. _
you we
Suffice it that I did set that horse's leg
‘hat night. The poor animal seemed tc
understand what was going on, and
rubbedtis muZ7j « a S niust ,n >' baml as 1
patted aud talked to him after the he was
hoisted U P aud sbin S from stable
ia ^ erS-
As I went home at about eleven, I was
stopped half-way by an excited group,
who hurried me to one of the farms,
where I found another patient awaiting
me, lying groaning^ ou a mattress. said.
“How did this happen?” I
“We were just leaving the ice,” said
one of the party, “When Mark slipped
and fell.”
“Mark!” I involuntarily replied.
“Yes, sir, Mark Winsey.”
I meditated for a few moments, as I
recalled the balifi ’ 8 words aad tbe “ 1
-
took oft my coat once more, and with a
great deal of show placed my small ma-
b , « , box °“ the ,, fa™ „ k , »tehen , table, , ,,
*‘4“ lcave the room ‘ X 8a,d ’ but
three.
1 was ““Willingly obeyed, and then I
kncltdown and exaramed tUC H ‘-> ured
mau *
“Leg fractured,” I said, “just below
tlie knee. Hah! a bad case. ”
There was a faint groan from my pa¬
tient.
“Lucky for you, Mr. Mark Winsey,”
1 said, “that I’ve been iu practice to¬
night.” and the
There was another groan,
young man looked at me wildly.
“I’ve set Lord John's leg, sir, and
I’ve followed out your advice in the
^ •«*** -»
'“H" “ ■«*>•* “ l “'“ 1,11
“Surely I ought to know best what to
do iu a case like yours, sir. There, ]
shall not hurt you much. You are toe
f ung ft “ d «to'.t-lieartcd to need cliloro.
* ,m J' You-friends will hold you. Be
’ moment'” '' he 1 whL'iicred
1 , ■>’’. ' ' .b t / ' d which
buSlbutiit ,.t j < t
Hi bTa man, w
. .. rontemntiblp ihinir ,ng to do ’ and—
-And I beg yours, my lad. I am
?j being so mean as
aud f ghtc n you in revenge ° for
P k . n
y l ‘ 1 ' „
liT ” j,,, “.Wt ^ar
0 it,” I said.
i j wiU not hurt you
much . ]t j, a si ple fracture, and soon
.hall be quite well.”
“Thank Godl” I heard him. whisper to
himself, ’ “for my ^ mother s sake!’’
‘ ^ j and r believe he kept
; ml tvv be(;amo the best of
* ( ^
Lord Jo , lo thc disgust of old
Morton, the veterinary surgeon, anil thc
delight « of Miss Lydia, / Lord John's
dftu hl ’ tho hor8 g !eg bone knit to-
gct h cr ft nd ho i iv cd for five years longer,
with 8omeh only ‘ a.slight l limp. always seemed
ow th t fr 0st y day
to be the turning -foI’ point in my career, fox
, uulooked results of Mark’s
^ jok(J made me gooc1 friends at
(j u u d within u few months I was
possessor } of a respectable ‘ practice, ‘ ’
M hh tho succ edil)g '7 y ar8 hal
d;] " increascd ,„y ew( / t Companion.
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the consistency of ordinary condensed
milk. Granulated white sugar is next
added, to render the mass sufficiently
friable, and tho temperature is lowered
some twenty or thirty degrees. The con-
tents are then removed from the vacuum-
pan, and distributed in lumps, or rc-
dueed to a powder. It is claimed that
powdered milk possesses excellent keep-
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A Kentucky Industry,
The happy and fortunate breeders of
{ gt horses in Kentucky can now trace
th» interesting history of their industry'
back tnrougb a full century. The first
lacing meeting was held a hundred years
‘ horses famed
ego. Now Kentucky industry are has been
tlie world over. The
faithfully fostered, with magnificent re-
cults The Kentucky home is not an ac«
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A Paris paper says that in some French
laundries boiled potatoes are preferred to
map for the cleansing of soiled linen.
An electrical instrument has been in-
rented which is designed to remove the
pain incidental to the extraction of the
teeth.
Running makes a person warm because
af the inhalation of an increased amount
of air, causing the blood to pass more
rapidly through the lungs.
Variations in the fall of snow have
from recent observations in the Himalaya
Mountains been found to exercise an im¬
portant influence on the monsoon rains of
Upper India.
A company in France is experimenting
with a system which has as its object the
automatic winding of clocks, watches,
etc., at long distances by using the or¬
dinary electric wires.
Experience has shown that brick tun¬
nels and drains cannot be made water¬
tight when exposed to considerable pres¬
sure, as water is forced through not only
the bricks but the cements and mortars.
A small codfish will produce nearly
two millions of eggs. A single pair of
herrings, if allowed to produce undis¬
turbed and multiply for twenty years,
would supply the whole woild with an
abundance of food.
Large deposits of ice, believed by some
to be relies of the glacial period in this
country, have been discovered in Idaho.
They are embedded in earth and over¬
grown with moss, which lias prevented
them from wasting away.
Saccharine is beginning to be felt by
the beet sugar manufacturers as a very
dangerous enemy. It is stated that in
Germany already s much saccharine has
been made as to render tivo thousand
tons of beet sugar supeiilous.
A new substitute for tobacco is being
introduced. It is a mixture of British
herbs—the particular plants are kept se¬
cret—and smokers who have tried the
compouud declare it to bo deliciously
fragrant, slightly exhilarating and withal
soothing to the nerves.
The trustees of the British Museum
have lately acquired a collection considerable or Cor-
ean books which possesses
interest and importance. The books,
which are contained in over a hundred
volumes, consist nmfnjy of Corean edi¬
tions of the classics, of native historical
works, and of novels.
Close observers have remarked at the
comparatively rapid fading of blue flow¬
ers. II, Molisch, a German chemist, af¬
tercareful study, declares it attributable
to the action of alkalies on anthocyan.
“Small quantities of alkalies,” he says,
“turn the purple anthocyan blue, while
larger quantities render it green, yellow,
and finally colorless.”
The Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook, in
some notes on the defensive power of
ants, has observed that in some species
not remarkable for physical courage, outwitting a
high degree of judgment in
the enemy has been developed. They
even build their formicaries differently,
with a view to concealment when they
know they have a warlike species in the
vicinity, than when they feci sure they
are free from disturbance.
As the conditions sire set forth in J. B.
Bailey’s work on “Modern Methuselahs,”
moderation in eating, drinking and liv¬
ing are conductive to long life. Persons
ina comfortable position and of average
intelligence enjoy better prospects for a
long future than those at either extreme.
“Earnest and ungrudging exercise of the
mental powers appears to bo no bar lo
old age, and at times to favor it; but, as
i rule, while a moderate use of the facul¬
ties tends to health and endurance, ex¬
cessive use of them has often, directly or
Indirectly, had a reverse effect.”
Due to Steam anil the Telegraph.
Have you ever stopped to think of thi
enormous saving to producer and consu-
mer alike, in other words, to the world, is
directly due to steam transport and the
telegraph? Take sea transport alone.
Take a single illustration. In the old
sailing ship days teas had to lie ordered
from China about a year before they were
wanted. The losses at sea were heavy
and had to lie provided against by order¬
ing so much more than was needed. Now
there would be long delays at sea, which
had to be provided against by carrying
increased stocks in the warehouses, and
again whole fleets arrived together, to the
confusion and cost of all concerned. The
stocks carried at both ends, thus increased
beyond anything known to the merchant
of to-day, were in turn subjected to all
sorts of loss, damage and deterioration.
Thus tea became stale, hop3 musty, rats
ate the corn and wheat, and a politic con¬
vocation of weevils made merry in the
rice. Altogether the actual destruction
of products and values in this way must
have amounted to an enormous percen¬
tage of the whole. Twenty, should you
think? Now that is all saved. Neither
does one people starve to death while
another groans under an unsalable sur¬
plus .—New York Tribune.
The Sharp-Eyed Man at the Big Hotel.
Did you ever notice when you went
into the corridor of a big hotel a quietly
dressed, unpretentious man moving
around among the people? He looks at
everyone who comes in and every who
goes” out, not At boldly, but he indifferently, looks longer
apparently. but ho some rarely attracts atten¬
that others,
tion. If your eye meets his, however,
you are startled. There is something
keen about his glance for which you are
not prepared. It strikes you then that
he is watching you in particular aud you
feel an uncomfortable sensation, almost
one of guilt. If you look his way again
to assure yourself that you are not mis-
taken, he is not noticing you. His eyes
ire wandering aimlessly, it seems, around
tlie corridor. Of course ho did not
glance at you, but watch him carefully
when you go out agaiu. There is just
the slightest movement of his head to¬
ward you. Ha would know you if he
saw you again anywhere. That is |iia
business. llo ju tha hotel dtitectivo.w
ifmt York QWlmnt.
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MEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
The reign of velvet this season will 1
all powerfully fashionable,
Entire sleeves, vests and yokes of fut
are features of many winter costumes.
Nearly one-half the 487 doctors of
medicine of Boston University are women.
The demand for bead necklaces is so
great just now as iu many cases to ex¬
ceed the supply.
The jersey waist is a feature of many
stylish costumes of the popular tartan
and striped fabrics.
Milo. Popeliujthe accomplished young
Belgian lawyer, has a sister who is a
successful pharmacist.
Dr. Karolina Widerstrom, the first
Swedish ladydoctor, has just commenced
practice in Stockholm.
Some new silver bangles made abroad
havo all kinds of tiny musical instru¬
ments dangling from them.
Tho long-waved astraelian fur, called
Caracal, is a close rival of the tightly
curled Persiana as a black trimming fur.
Mrs. William Astor has paid $3000 for
a set of sable consisting of a long boa, a
shoulder cape, a muff and a pair o!
wristers.
Laces and nets will be iff constant use
for. evening gowns during tho winter,
and entirely new invoices are now open
for inspection.
Miss Charlotto Robinson, an English
artist, enjoys the patronage of Queen
Victoria and has the title of “home art
decorator to Her Majesty.”
The rich, cashmere-colored bead trim¬
mings in leaf patterns, now so popular,
aro most effective when outlined by an
edge of finely cut jet beads.
Oriental jackets, which arc sleeveless
and heavily braided with gold or silver,
are worn with the long black silk trained
dress with “stunning” effect.
While the skirts of ordinary dresses
aro increasing in length, trained prin-
cesse gowns and court trains are some¬
what shorter than last winter.
Miss Grace King, the bright New Or¬
leans novelist, is a statuesque beauty,
twenty-seven years old, with brown eyes
and hair, and striking features.
Parisian fashion writers predict a re¬
vived of the old-fashioned long veils,
which completely cover the face and
sometimes fall to the waist line.
Ohocolotc could never supersede tea iu
conservative England, but it is used more
than formerly. At afternoon tea it is
served hot iu winter and cold in sum¬
mer.
The Queen of England has had her
Christmas and New Year’s cards arranged
in a scrapbook. The. inscription: “To
my dear grandmamma, ” appears on many
of them.
The Russian Government accuses fe¬
male physicians of being addicted not
merely to revolutionary opinions but also
to “sentiment and manners unworthy of
their sex.”
Ladies who have collections of expen¬
sive, but for some time past practically
useless, ostrich feathers, will have ample
opportunity to display them during the
coming winter.
Olivo Schreiner, author of the “South
Africau Farm,” is a sister of Miss
Schreiner, who has made herself con-
spicuous as a temperance advocate in
South Africa.
A new gray fur has appeared which is
as soft ns chinchilla, yet is more silvery
and of firmer fleece. It is especially
effective as a garniture for wraps or
gowns of silver blue cloth.
Mine. Carnot, wife of the President of
France, personally superintends the edu¬
cation of her children, with the Italian
governess speaking Italian and English
with the English governess.
Minister Lincoln’s daughter, who is
now eighteen, finds life at tho English
court very pleasant. She is described as
a young woman of fresh, girlish beauty,
and amiable, winsome manners.
Young ladies of the brunette type
favor costumes of the new black laces, in
Chantilly and thread aud rose poiut de¬
signs, combined with pale yellow or
orange armure, for dressy evening wear.
Bomo very long “costume cloaks,”
with skirts wholly untrimmed, have a
waist point simulated by a band of fur or
Vandykod passementerie band, from
which dangling fringes fall in graduated
lengths.
Genuine Indian chuddah cloths are
among the choice woolens used for
dressy carriage and visiting toilets.
They come in exquisite colorings, and
often with handsome borders in camel’s
hair shawl devices.
“Velvet cioth” is a plain cloth with
vcivct-like surface, which is extensively
used for rich cloth cloaks. It is to be
had iu silver blue, vieux green, fawn,
mahogany, copper, Eiffel and amaranth
reds, aud as many as a dozen different
shades of brown.
Florenco Marryat, the novelist, is
stoutish, thoughtful-looking, and im-
petuous-maunered. She has written in
all some fortyiSeven novels, and she be¬
lieves in spoo.is. She once owned a
newspaper and she stills owns a lap-dog,
which she carries about with her.
French walking coats of faced cloth,
in heliotrope, dark peach color, chest¬
nut brown aud myrtle, are literally cov¬
ered with tone upon tone of Russian
soutache braid, in palm and scroll de¬
vices. They are usually fiuished with a
deep mousquetaire collar and cuffs of
Alaska sable.
We are informed by an English jour¬
nalist that in Paraguay “the lady of the
house, as she comes, clothed in soft rai¬
ment and flashing gems, to meet the
stranger traveler with mouth upheld for
the formal kiss of greeting, spends removes
from her cheek the quid she her
days in chewing.”
A specialty novelty in fur, known as
the “basque pelerine,” has the fronts
beautifully fitted over the bust, like a
basoue, and pointed, while the back is a
round cape. It is especially handsome
when made with the b&'xq v *>«f and
back of «e&r§klui and the high Per %
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