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She picking Cwmitg §adk W. B. MINCEY, Editor. VOL. II. France will take prompt and ener¬ getic measures to stop the use of her flag knd of papers in her name by native ves- j sels engaged in the slave trade between Pemba and Madagascar. Since oyster-planting and the leasing i of oyster beds has been regulated by the , Government, the industry has growr , rapidly in importance, until now in New j York State about 7000 men and $0,000,- 000 capital are employed in it. I The British Governor of tho Gold i Coast, in Africa, made a visiting torn | among the native chiefs in his district tc j learn their desires of the Government. | ! The King of Pram Pram wanted to re j vive old customs, of which part require! the exhumation of the dead; tho peopll { I of . Quetta ~ ^ wanted ^ , tax , on spirits ... reduced Addab . j from a shilling to sixpence; wanted a reduction of the rum tax, s road to the beach, a school, a bell tc mark the time and a free ferry acrost the Yalta River, and increased salaries to tho chiefs; the Kings of Odumassie and Akropong each begged for a pair- of handcuffs and a lamp'. There arc signs of civilization on the Gold Coast. The new British East Africa Compani ch.«cr, it I. „ take possession of the concession secured by William Mackenniou a year ago from the Sultan of Zanzibar. This includes the control of and the right to trade and develop a territory of about 50,000 squart miles. The Sultan’s portion is a strip bordering on the coast, 150 miles long and ten miles wide. The re,t of the territory, which extends back to the Victoria Nyanza, is conceded by a num¬ ber of chiefs. Mr. Mackennion, is presi¬ dent of the new company and Lord Brassey is vice-president. Tuo nominal capital is $5,000,000, and the first issue of shares to one quarter of that amount has been taken up. There are a couple of millions of natives on this big tract of land and they are warlike and ugly, and the new company will have some¬ thing of a job to reduce them to submis¬ sion. The concession is to continue foi fifty years, and after that the public works iu the territory will revert to the Sultan. In the meantime he will get a tenth of the profits of the company. 1 _j - The purchase of Alasks from Russis for the sum of $7,200,000 was at one time, says the Mail and Express, called “Seward’s folly,” but the lapse of a little more than two decades has proved that it was an act of far-seeing states¬ manship. The Alaska Commercial Com¬ pany pays to thc Government $300,000 a year for a monopoly of the seal fisheries of the Territory, which is about four pet cent on the orio-inal ® ^ mirchase monev lhe value of the salmon and cod fisheries per annum is estimated at $3,000,000, the fur trade at $2’,500,000, go.d wold anfl and bullion bullion rtnsf dust $1 <tki ,o.j 0,000 nnii ana and lumber and ivory $100,000, making thc commerce of the Territory for the past year, as shown by the Governor’s annual » e ,»,000. The climate ia not bo severe as is generally supposed, owing, it is thought, to a warm current from the Indian Ocean similar^to the Gulf stream in the Atlantic. The Has- smn Government appropriates $i0,000 annually to the support of the Grmco- Russian Church and schools, while our own Government only appropriates $25,- nnn 000 annually for the support , of , public schools in the Territories. An Australian journal, the Melbourne Arau\ reports an interesting discovery made by the bark Queen’s Island, in a recent voyage from ban Francisco . to Newcastle, New South Wales. While the vessel was passing, in south latitude eighteen degrees fifty minutes, west longitude one hundred and sixty-four degrees thirteen minutes, the supposed uninhabited Island of Palmerston, she came up with a boat containing eight persons. The boat was in charge of a man who gave his name as William Mar- Bton, and who declared that twenty-five years ago'he had de erted the English bark Barit Rifleman Ktneman, at at Tahiti latmi. He lie h hah id driftprl drifted until he had reached Palmerston Island, where there were a few natives, also refugees. He settled down to planting cocoanuts, and liked the employment so «•«“*?; “ T"“ d " er Marstou had married a native woman, and has a family consisting of eleven gons and four daughters. The captain of , the , ^ Queen , s Island T . , found that the total population of the island W3s thirty- three persons. They all spoke -English, and seemed to be living in peace and p , en ,,. Although *».!. h„d the island by, supposing it to be unin- inhabited, the little community had thriven by itself. At length, however, Marston Ma ston had had made made un up his his mind m nd to to e* es- tablish trading relations with the rest of the world. The Queen’s Island supplied Ihe Palmerstonians with some of the satables fatables of ot civilization civilization, and and took took in in ex ex- fchange a quantity of cocoanuts. JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,, NOVEMBER 8, 1888. THE FRIEND OF AGES AGO. “Should auld acquaintance be forgot P' —Yes, if you ’djust as lief as not. John Paul. There are several things that troublo one’s age, And work for a man much woe, Such as gout—and doubt-debts that will run, And rhymethat wllI not flow . Buc when al| hag been ^ do wo not most dread, Of tha many bores that we know, That ubiquitous ban, the woman or man, Who know one “ages ago ”? In youth—you were young; and foolish per- hsp You fl rtid vith high and with low, Had one u „ on tho hill, aud one down by the mill— Yet "ever were wicked, ah, no! And this friend knew you m a far-away way. In a way thftt was onIy so so _ Just enough to give hue to theory about you: “Oh, 1 knew him ages ago!” You are married now and quite circumspect, Your pice, like your speech, is slow You tell in a bank, keep silent in churct Are one it is proper to know; But this vigilant friend will never consent That your virtues unchallenged shall go— Though she never demurs, but only avers That she knew you “ages ago.” And sure I ain that if ever I win i„ raiment as white as snow, Before mo and busy among the blest— Perhaps in the self-same row— l shall find my ban, this woman or man, Who knew me “ages ago.” And shall hear the voice I so oft have heard— Do you think it is sweet and low? As it whispers still with accent shrill Tho refrain that so well I know: ‘Oh, you need n’t be setting much store by him, This new angel’s not much of a show, He may fool some saint who is n’t acquaint— But I knew him “ages ago!” —Charles Henry Webb, in Century. A HOUSEHOLD EXPERIENCE BY MRS. M. E. ROBINSON. “I wish you would try and get time to fix my pants this morning,” said Mr. Jeremiah Jones, to his better half, as he stood before the glass, leisurely drawing a razor across his well-lathered face. “What?” asked the lady, somewhat impatiently, I meiely observe, my dear, that you would oblige me by mending my inex¬ pressibles to-day,” resumed Mr. Jones, placent stroking air. his smooth chin with a com- “Three buttons have been believe missing for as many days, and I really there’s a hole in one of the pockets, change for I haven’t been able to keep any in it for a long time,” he added, glancing significantly toward his wife. “Mr. Jones, are you aware what day the week it is:” asked the latter, with an ,° 1 m ^ nous WC an expression '“distinct of remembrance countenance. of attending .. i- church yesterday,and, accord- ing to the law of rotation, it must be Monday. Am I right,-my love:” r, ght, Mr. Jones, and I hope ? ou wlil conduct yourself accordingly, Don’t , trouble me with buttons, strings and pockets out of order, for it is wash- dn y> and I’ ve something else to att ,^ d t0 '”, , .&S^*Z** Well, . then, I don’t see wily you can’t do anything yon please." “it isn’t to he expected that you can; ^htednesaind^oRh^ Bignteaness in domestic matters, ^ ^ and I m afraid never will be; but that don’t pre- vent me from knowing that she will not do jffhorougly unless I am near by.” musingly. “IK" AVhy not ° b8e dismiss . rve ! 1 Mr. her Jones and get one who will?" “J he remedy is worse than the disease. 1 Jt would only keep one unsettled all the time, for they arc quite alike in that re- B P ec V’ replied he lady. “In fact, it wouldn t be much more work to do the wash ng myself than to be obliged to overlook her every minute.” “Why not try it, then; it’s quite , know, expense now, you an fo^”* ^ ^ ^ ^ hgllt be ' “What obtuseness!” exclaimed Mrs. Jones. “At any rate, I have the or aaa can ( 0 as ^ like, I sup- ,, * Of course, , love, of , , but it that my course; seems to me if you would ’ loant- itisn t possible, interrupted tbc ., 1/1(1 imperatively. “Come, let 7< us -if- 0 i breakfast ,, fF they 1 went, . Air. Jones sitting and dubiously down to the smoked thick coffee, and eggs boiled to the hardness of brickbats But not a inur- mur escaped him; tor he had been so re- ffid reconciled to what once had almost been ^durable. Washing, ^aki?^ he 1 had ml>or been ^ r ' t consideration, and if Abby chanced , i to forget the eggs and failed to ‘‘settle the coflee, was she to be blame? Time renders many unpleasant things « hearable, and Mr. Jones hoped he had be- sincere that and Monday heartfelt occurred feeling of but thankful- in | bbss wife though usually once | > a j good-tempered * woman, was the sure to he out of sorts” on that day, children unusually noisy and mde, and his home I anything but attractive. Mrs. Jones, ?? a8 a ldcted with another peculiar no- | u^n, and this was the imperative neces- |ity f “deansmg linen” on one pa,tie- ular day, and no other. Rain or shine, “WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONE8T LABOR.” cold or hot,sick or well, this duty must be attended to beforo another. To use her own words, “when washing the was omitted on Monday, one day in week was entirely lost, and everything be¬ hindhand.” The fore oof this argument Mr. Jones < ould never be brought to admit. Upon the very day on which the above conver¬ sation occurred he consulted the 'flier mometer, and found the mercury two degrees below zero. He mentioned the fact, and mildly suggested that it might be for the benefit of the family to change the the programme of operations for day. The hint wns not very graciously received, and with a crestfallen counte¬ nance he left the house, lamentiug that washing-day and its accompanying .lis comforts could not forever bo abolished. When the hour for dinner arri'T \ with a heavy heart and many ioi h id¬ ings, he left his place of business apd started for home. Un ortunately, some¬ thing attracted his attention as he com¬ menced ascending the steps in front of his dwelling, and prevented him from observing that they had been recently washed, and were now covered with a smooth sheet of ice; but a heavy fall and a sprained ankle made him immediatly aware of the fact. llut this was not the extent of his mis¬ fortunes. incoherent As he arose with (which a groan,and an sentence must have the implied which considerable, judging uttered from and tone in it was , began to make his way down the dark passage, he had the ill luck to overturn Abby, who was cautiously ascending with a full pail of soap and water in her hands. Of ' ourse, the latter was pre¬ cipitated, screaming with terror, to the bottom, while the water which she carried was very unceremoniously dashed over the person of the unfortunate Mr. •Iones as well as entirely drenching herself. After ascertaining that the and girl was more frightened than hurt, that no serious damage had been done, he began to look about him for dinner. No signs of any were apparent; but upon raising a window for the smoke and steam to clear away a little, he discovered his wife, the with flushed cheeks, in front of cooking stove. Jones?” “How do you prosper, Mrs. he asked, at the same time wringing the water from his saturated pants with a desperate air. “How do I prosper, indeed 1 If you knew how I’ve been tormented all this morning you wouldn’t a3k the question,” retorted the lady. “Then you haven’t enjoyed yourself very well?” pursued her husband, indus¬ triously working sway on the wet articles. * * “i left the room a fetV moments to help Abby, and when I returned that abomin¬ able coal fire had every spark gone out. I’ve kindled it twice, and shan’t touch it again. There’s no dinner, and you'd better go out and get something at an eating saloon,” And Mrs. Jones, who really looked very much fatigued, would sank into a trying. chair, and declared she give up “Isn’t the washing almost done:” asked Mr. Jones, glancing round the dis¬ ordered kitchen. “Abby would have finished long ago if Charley—a four—had chubby, poured mischievious basin of blue- boy of not a ing water over a large basket of clothes which were all ready to hang out, and consequently she had them to rinse over again. Not content with this feat, he | , watched his opportunity, and starch sca that tered a handful of ashes into the I had spent half an hour or more in mak- in g- K was spoiled, of course, and more % washing day I Everything goes everybody wrong, and it really seems as though takes comfort in vexing me. Somebody “ SU [f t0 Cll]l j han J. not P rR P ar '' d see them, and as likely as any wav a country cousin pops in to eat a little luncheon.” Mr. Jones sighed, but made no reply. “I don’t see as it need to affect you any,” pursued his wife. “You are away a nd I have all the trouble and vexation to bear alone. It is useless to expect sympathy the importance (rom a man, of for the he subject, cannot and re- alize I verily believe imagines housework nothing but child’s play. I don’t think it would require more than a month’s work at she business to dispel the iilu- sioon.” “Possibly not,” returned the husband, smilin S faintly at the prophetical re¬ ^‘ng JhaftLUstate it assuredly o^'ctlngsTe^not does, and in affect me, for any but an agreeable manner. It is not so very pleasant to enter a cold dining- room, in the winter season, and find the children half-dressed and crying with cold, while the mother, en dishahil’e, is sc( ,! d ing and endeavoring to quiet them, When this is partially accomplished, w i, b lengthened faces we sit down to a badlv-laid table with a cold ’ nnnalata- b!e breakfast spread upon it. This nat- ura n v creates diasatisfaction, and we all lea e the room, mutually out of tem- pCr ' Dinner ’ « we succeed in grtting s« p T»xrwJh b rck”s d i f desert occasionally intersnorsod 7arL with a fall, a thorough wetting have recounted. and the ous misfortunes you I do not sav this is wholly vour fault hut it is in part. You have never accustomed your domestics to practice self-reliance, 0 r to depend upon their own judgment ; n the least. This, however much help Kaisxgr neither of which is desirable; treines, but there is a certain medium point, -which, if adhered to, would make even Monday less dreaded. Abby i. s an honest, cabable girl, and I do not think it best to d smiss her f 01 - this fault alone: but, you would do well to tell your wishes, and see that carries them out. without the neces- sity 0 f your standing by point her elbow I all while But upon one am re- solved,” determined continued Mr. Jeremiah Jones, in a manner, “and that is, from this day to patronize a laundry until we can have washing done in e quiet, which systematic does way, and in a mannei not require us all to become the uncompanionable day. The homo and i.l-tompered fot and the additional I shall thereby gain, comforts, will more than repay me for the extra expense 1 may incur.” Mrs. Jones saw by her husband’s man¬ ner that he was in earnest, aud did not attempt to oppose him in this resolution, but slyly remarked that ho would “soon get tired of it.” Hut it was not so. The bills for wash ing tion, were and promptly Mr. paid seemed upon highly presenta¬ satis¬ Jones fied with bis experiment. He no longei day, spent. and Sunday length in dreading ventured the following at to take a friend home to dine with him on Mon¬ day, without encountering a frowning face ami other evidences of disapproba¬ tion ot his temerity. Dinner was well served at the usual hour, and his wife, with a smiling countenance with and accustomed dressed neatly, presided her grace, occasionally taking while part, in the animated conversation ; Mr. Jonei wns heard more than once to assert, that nothing could induce him to again ex¬ perience the misfortunes and vexation! of a washing day. SELECT SIFTINGS. Tho tiniest screws go in watches. The regulation army bight is live foei five inches or over. “ Bronze John ” is a new Florida tern for tho “Yellow Jack.” Hay and straw were used for tho first time to make paper iu 1828. No nation has so many varieties oJ sweetmeats as the Chinese. The first American-made printing press was made by George Clymer, in 181 7. A chicken with hair instead of feathers is a curiosity now to be seen at Perry, Ga. There are no direct deseendents oi George Washington’s name or family living. Thomas Lynch was the youngest of tho Signers of the Declaration of Inde¬ pendence. “Irish stew, a la Parnell," is on the bill of fare of an inexpensive New York restaurant. Some of the most active business men in New l T ork eat only a bowl of bread and milk for lunch. A neckia e of human knucklebones t-lie received by a missionary from a chief. both Ella deaf Dillingham and Thomas F. Cald¬ Fox, mutes, were married at well, N. J., the other day. The Mexican policeman puts in twelve hours of hard work every day for the average wages of six dollars a month. Wild flowers will keep fresh for several days or perhaps two weeks in vases filled with cleau sand and water. In Northern Wisconsin Indians use birch hark to make canoes,chairs,tables, umbrellas, torches, bonfires and letter- paper. A Highland custom is that of ushering in the morning by the music of the bag pipe; the piper plays under the windows of the castle and thus aroir.es the inmates. An eyeless chicken was hatched near CrawlordviHc, r , Ga., and , bade . , fair , . to live and £ row w hen somebody accidentally 8 ' e PP ed 011 . aud ended a first-class freilk - What is claimed to be the largest chain ever made is in the Imperial Arsenal at Vienna. It has t-000 links, and was used by the Turks to obstruct the pass¬ age of the Danube in 15 A Philadelphia that barber make bald 0 the state¬ heads ment there are fewer among the people of wealth and fashion in Philadelphia other than among the same class of any American city. There is said to be an expert archery player in England who is absolutely blind. A boy behind the tnrgpt rings the bell, and tiis sense of hearing is so accurate that he knows just where to aim his shaft. riM Alaino^nTs > U 6 , of of the the Alamo mas-acre acre - . Vine '.me. Caridelara Catidelara, 111 whose arms Colonel Howie was slam; Mrs. bazavo, who resides at San Ante- nio, and a woman, name unknown, who lives in the country near that city. } ( , hicngo lias an old settler who remem- bers well the days when the Postmaster carried all the mail in his hat. The first private letter-box was made out of a boot, w-th a part of the leg cut off. In those days, less than fifty years ago, it cost twentv-tive cents to send a letter from New i ork to Chicago. Little girls who don’t like to go to school should live in China; little boys who don’t like to go should keep away from, the Celestial Empire. There the girls do not have to go at all, and the boys begin when they are six years old. School begins dark at daylight, read. and closes when it is too to There are no vacations, no half holidays and not much fun of any sort. j The Gorgeous Peacock Throne. | | The Peacock Throne was the creation of the renowned Shah Jehau, a monarch distinguished even to this day for the splendor of his buildings, and for the wealth of their beauty. This throne is j situated in the Hall of l rivate Audience, in the; city of i elhi, in India. It is a mass of solid gold, flanked on either side by two peacocks with spread tails, the ; 1 taiD studded with sapphires and rubies, emerals, pearls and diamonds. The value of this wonder was estimated at thirty millions of dollars in our coin, Shah Jehau is the Emperor who reared the exquisite and incomparable mau-; solemn to the memory of his young wife —the Taj Mahal. Lalla Hookh was daughter of Auruugzebe, son of Jehau. — Courier-Journal, i $1.00 Per Annum, In Advance. QUEER ELECTION WAGERS. PECULIAR BETS ON THE RESULT OF ELECTION CONTESTS. Wheelbarrow Wagers-Hair and Whiskey Beis-How a Bet Aided the Wounded Burins the War. In no countrv, -J.. in spite 1 of the fact that disfranchtsenicnt j. e i • generally „ imposed . j as is ? ng r upon the outcome of r political ’ T T‘ con- g ° r ' rZJoJ n f a* nCS ? every Presidential i and municipal con- lett^adruple. “ * But some bettors not content with the w"' r y C " < e8 ° f f0rt T’ rack the ' r brrms to , , o discover some strange and , in- usual methods of wagering, and the consequence is that at the close of every election a number of more or less ludi- crous bets have to be settled, lie pay- ment of which occasions not only much pleasure to the winner, but also great hdarity “wheelbarrow among the public bet” at large. of lie The is one time-honored election wagers, and has been made, probably in every the city loser in the country. By its terms agrees to trundle the winner in a wheel¬ barrow for a certain distance over a specified route. Several such wagers have been made in St. Louis oue of the most notorious being that made by H. Clay Sexton in 18ni<, when he wheeled his victorious adversary for sev- eral blocks along Broadway, followed by a largo and enthusiastic crowd. Next to the wheelbarrow bet, an agreement to carry some unusual burden is probably the most common of these uncommon” wagers. .Not many years ago a hod-carrier, in fulfilment of a wager, carried another up the inclines from the ground to the top floor of a five-story house. Men bearing sacks of flour or bags of coffee through the streets are sometimes seen at the close of an election. A New Haven (Conn.) soap manufac- turer was once compelled to march through the streets carrying a large sign inscribed with praises of the goods followed of a rival house, while his partner in tho rear in the guise of a sandwich advertisement, the boards between which he was confined setting forth in florid language the inferiority of the product of hisowu factory. Another set of queer bets are those re- lating to hair. The instances are nu- merous of those who have agreed not to cut their hair until the election of a ccr- tain candidate, and who are obliged locks to carry about with them a wealth of more conspicuous than During the last Presidential campaign a fZinT 8 lh " wHornlnt l, cans were almost unrecognizable by the removal of much of the hair that deco- rated their faces, and the barbers reaped a rich harvest. One gentleman, the possessor of a fine head of curly hair, came home on the day after the election exhibiting to his horrified wife a while poll as bare as clippers could cut it, a friend of Democratic proclivities handsome ap- peared in a few days plaited wearing hair. a A still watch chain of more unfortunate individual electrified the inhabitants of that suburb by walk- ing down the street deprived of one of his side whiskers, while the other flour- islied in full luxuriance. He was com- pellod by the terms of the wager tore- main in this condition for a month, ■having the side of his face which had been bereft of its decoration ever y Sat- urda y. The wager of this irregular kind which attracted more attention than any other, and which led to the greatest results, SS.XA t Stfi °.f Ta publican opponent. The terms of the wager were that the defeated party should carry a sack of flour on his shoulder from 1 ower to Upper Austin. Gridle y was beat( ' n . and on the day fol- unviuj, i owin{ ; tbe lilt Cictiiut election set u out on his trip, ' accompanied by the newly elected Mayor, •. bra8s band and alar « e crowd ' ar ' r ‘ V '?- g at thu ,.P ubbc ^ uare la G PP“ Austin a question arose as to what dispo- of gjtion should be made of the sack flour. “Sell it for the benefit of tho Western Sanitary Commission,” said BO me one in the crowd. The idea met with universal approval, and Mr. Grid- Jcy was installed as auctioneer on an im- provised action block. Competion aud until lor £ be fl our was very keen, not knocked $210 had been bid was it down. “Where shall I deliver it,” said Grid- ley. “Nowhere; sell it again,” shouted tho purchaser. The idea took like widfire, the sack of flour was again and again knocked down, and when evening came it was found that the astonishing sum of $8,000 had been collected. It was during the “flush times” iu Nevada, and the rivalry between the mining camps by was wire very to keen. The news was sent Virginia City,and before morning a tele- gram was received, saying: “Send on your sack.” Gridley at once took the stage for Vir- ginia City, and on the day of his arrival sold it for over $5,000, and still retained it in his possession. The next day he proceeded to Gold Hill, but two miles distant, the now famous sack being dep- ear- ried on a wagon, and escorted by a utation from Gold Hill and Dayton. When first offered for sale, said: a gentleman stepped to the front and “The Yellow .Jack mine bids $1000,” Others followed suit With various amounts, and before night nearly $13,000 had been paid in for the sack. NO. 3. Citizens of Virginia City were, how, ever, greatly nettled that such small places as Gold Hill and Dayton had out, done thorn in liberality, and a commit* too was appointed to remedy that defect. Just after sunset a line of torches was seen approaching Gold Hill andUridley f. ad 1,18 wagon were escorted to the pub- “ 8 f l ua ™ % V,r «' nm C,l y 8e ' 0ral thousmn £ tb ® clfc,7cn8 - TL f, 8, l"“ r0 wns packed and every one was there for busiWb<m tll0 (lour was put „ p „ P^feet followed pandemonium broke out; bids each other in rapid succession, could and those in the throng who not | reach the auctioneer threw gold wh piece, the by bandfuls into the on j -ctiou w M over and the money counted t.-iUntcd Vnovo. tlmri to the funds | of the Sanitary ^ Commission. The 8Qck ftfterwanl so , d ln far-son City, £ San Francisco aud broHghfc other Western ho cit ’ aml afterward \ tot great * sanU)irv fafr in st Lnn Here it a9 exh ; l)itod( ’ alld aft(;rward lhs flour w „ bakcd illt 0 s;nal , cako9 and sold at a hi ft h { price< When a balance was ! flna y ' s ru ck it was found that Gridlev’s bet h ( , , thc tf addblg of mt)re the tha „ ^ 150 (;0() to the funds Wcalern p arlil J commission.- St. Louis Post-Dispatch. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL. Extreraely tight lacing produces soften- ing ®. of tho brain. The determination of the figure of ... the c *>111 is one of tho objects of pendulum observations. One pound of wheat bran conta'ns as much plios horic acid as does five pounds of corn meal. An experimenter has made a lens of iec with which he was able to light a pipe by means of the sun's rays, It is said that a $20 gold piece will (;an -y bacteria from hand to hand, as they nestle down between the milled lines. An tho ingenious speed Frenchman suddenly proposes by to stop of vessels throwing several parachutes over tha steru. manufacturing Philadelphia is the in largest the woolen United town States. In 1880 alone it manufactured $39,000,000 worth of woolens, Aluminium resembles silver in nppear- arico, is stronger than steel, will not ■ tarnish and is superior to silver for all purposes for which that metal is used, Although man, during his evolution f roni barbarism to civilization, has in- creased in strength and stature and in longevity, on the other hnxd, Jris power of recovery from the effect < of bodily hurt ha s materially deteriorated. The Northern Pacific road has ordered ZXJSttf 31 = 25 , SX Analysis of natural gas shows the pro¬ portion of each constituent in 100 parts fh® gas ho as follows: ( arbonic acid and carbonic oxido, . l each: oxy- gen, -8: olefiant gas, 1; ethylic, hydride, 5; marsh gas, 07; hydrogen, 22; nitro- gen, 2. Dr. Esquirol describes the “suicide- mania” as a special form of hereditary insanity, aud estimates that four out of ten self-murderers act under the impulse of of a moral predisposition, rather than physical disorders, or tho haunting mo i.ory of <-. severe bereavement, Lightning (lashes, according to a tho re- CCilt computation of Kohlrausch, , Q erm . in electrician, have comparatively that the 0 ]ittlo energy . ]i 0 cst imites j energy 0 f f rom < eve n to thirty-five flashes would be necessary to keep one incan- j de8( 0Ilt ) nrn ., aligbt for a n hour, Au jdea ha3 |jeen developed manufacture in Ger- in thc shape of the i ........;<7 *»'»««, Berlin on this plan alone last year. | An Englishman, who has made a special study of deer, suys that the chief \ use of their antlers is not so much for fighting as for facilitating the progress of the animal through the woods. By fItpnwilHr throw., g im u » _t t bo -c he. ho ld d thprohv the.cby nlarirm placing i al “ , ed g ° Vi’ward ■with^ W ‘ great ^ ra- “ pulitv. A plant called the “laughing “Cannibafis plant,” or. in scientific parlance, discovered, and it is Sativa,” has been alleged that when it is eaten in its green state or taken as a tincture, made either from the green or the dried loaf, as a I powder of the dried leaf, or smoked as tobacco, it is potent in producing ex- altation, laughter aud cheering ideas, \ “traction increaser” is the name of a powerful device now being tested Pennsyl- on three freight engines of the varda i; a ji roa d. It is a drawbar firmly fixed between the locomotive aud tender, a nd it automatically throws a part of the j wo i £.i gb t of the tender on the driving wb( s 0 f the engine in proportion to tbe j oad t j ie latter has to pull. This ! nia ] £e <j the locomotive heavier when it should be bo, and increases its pulling power and speed. Water Power in the United States. The American statistical Association publishes some interesting figures on the amount of water-power employed in total the United States. Iu 18 0 there was a water-power equal to 1,225,379 horse¬ power used for manufacturing purposes, the total this being 35.9 per cent, of power thus employed in the States. The annual value of the water-power thus utilized is set down at $2-1,00 ‘,000. The New England states alone use 34.5 per cent, of the whole water-power of the country, and altogether the Atlantic three-foarths ' of the States use over whole.