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IE ULLOCH *v "tw -.to. , * 'mf .or' ERALD Vol. I. A STROKE OF GENIUS. Elicited (lie I'nlionnded Aduii.ru . tion of flic Fsraier, Only a few summers ago. among the any others that visited the wild re ion adorned by one of Michigan's in ind lakes, was an artist. He had a jealth of scenery from which to select id chose a picturesque view with a 11 of rocks and jack pines as a back ound. The owner of the property iinsferr.ed to canvas did not think ju-:*h ho would of the dawdle enterprise or his of the time man in away eh an undertaking, but the artist id the summer rates without a lunr ir and never entered any complaints ainst the accommodations. The next (sou the painter was again among the ests. i i How did that there picter of yours ne out. anyhow?" asked the curious id lord. ‘Oh. fairly well. \ T ou know that I ve, my name to make yet. 1 sold it ' $1,000." “No.” exclaimed the farmer excited “not $1,000. You're chafrin me.” “Not a bit of it. ” laughed the artist, got $1,000 for that little view before pre was a frame on it ” M Shake str-mwr I alien hilt thmvAit lb! f is purtvs lick on a dicker A n b ggone if you don t take the pnza • ju skinned that feller slick and mo -.owrot ... indignantly, . .. t1 for . , Ins . prid* .. Urt? uon a t play i inner • cent with ... me. i t further. But done won go no you ju brown A thousand fur that spot lere j on couldn t raise a bean to the :e. If the critter that bought that itcr had seen me. I a a sold him the U durn farm for $275. —Detroit ee Tress. Trained Show Doga, “Considering the investment, train dogs are one of the most profitablf ructions in the vaudeville line,” said old time showman, here with one the current theatrical companies. “I Wry, upes of them scattered over the ” he continued, “and the good es easily average a couple of hundred veek end expenses. As there are no aries to pay for the dogs and no hotel Is for anybody except the ire proprietor A one keeper the ’Atoms rather hdsome. Nowadays they have the biness down to such a tine point that i sudden death of any of the animals l be readily remedied by telegraph ; to New York, where several men ke a specialty of keeping standard ik dogs in stock. ‘A dog troupe usually consists of i performers, one of which is a star. i star probably costs $150 and the era about $50 apiece. Mongrels of intrinsic worth are generally select¬ or training purposes, because they u as quickly as the thoroughbreds if anything happens to them the is so much lighter. There is a idard series of tricks which they are Ight to do. so that one can easily re¬ tie another, and a little ingenuity on I part of the showman supplies the riety to the programme.”—New Or Jqs Times-Democrat. . Ancient Chains. Bi an interesting article on the (mb¬ it of chains an English writer points the fact that notwithstanding the squent mention of chain in the Bible e article is comparatively new. The me author says: “Some authorities give the Britons edit for originating the cable chain cause Julius Caesar is recorded as .■ling been unable to cut the cables of fSGnul’s vessels, ‘as they were made *on. ’ This may have been a chain in | t it present is doubtful, acceptation because of the the first term, pat t for chainmaking was obtained in lgland in 1034 by a blacksmith named lilip White. The patent whs for 14 jars, and in consideration of it White d to pay £5 in lawful money yearly \ ib the Exchequer, Westminster, att Feast of the Blessed Virgyn and lint Michell the Archangell by even :d eual process. ’ |“His patent is described as follows i way for the wearing of shipps with bn chayne9 by finding out the true •ating (pre)pareing and tempering ron for that (pur)pose and that ho hath >we attayned to the true vse of the id chaynes and that the same wilbe c the great saveing of cordage and fety of shippers snd will redound to od of our Comon Wealth. » M One direct result of the Suez canal .1 been the introduction into the Med cranean of sharks which previously " Statesboro, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 24th, 1899. lie Sent the Putt. ' Piofeescr Comstock of Cornell In fS J, ,ecU , . 111 *° _ ^ ' ^ c as!s °’i the trials of scientists told this authentic tale of the experience of a professor of invertebrate zoology in a sister institution, which hud better be left nanieiess. ■trichinae in pork, the cause of the frightful disease trichinosis in human consumers, give a peculiar appearance to meat, which is studded with little cysts. It is tb «i known to the trade as “measly pork. ’ The learned scientist, wishing some for study, went to the butcher and .i ked if he ever got any measly pork. “Sometimes,” said the butcher can tiousiy, “bat I always throw it away.” “Well,"said the professor, “the next time you have any I wish you’d send me up some." meaning, of course, to Lis. laboratory. The butcher stared at him, but sa d be would. Three weeks passed, wl.vn the professor, growing impatient, again dropped in. “Haven’t you found any measly pork yet r , “Why, yes,” said the butcher. “I sent up two pounds a week ago. »* j A sickly grin broke over the pro¬ fessor’s face. ltVr V\ here , did you send it?” said he. “Why. to your house, of course, ’’ said i the butcher.-Kansas City Times. i The Expert Met hi« Match. • At a North Side boarding house one | 0 f the newly arrived boarders, named Burton, is an expert accountant. The first evening after his arrival he began boring the other boarders by talking “shop" and relating the great feats of mathematics that he had accomplished j n i,j 8 tj nie . Smith, one of the star boarders, made up his mind to rid the p ar j or 0 f 8}, 0 p talk, at least for that night. “I have a little piece of addition work that I think you would have a hard time in doing. If you can add it without the aid of a pencil and paper, you are a good one. »» “Name each item, and I wiil add,’ said Burton. “Five barrels of cider at $4. oO a bar rel ; Have got th«t down ? A 68 » ♦ ' ‘ Four bushels , , , of , bran , at . nn 90 cents a h ™% *.“* 1 ,? ave yon got tLat dowD V “Fifteen , kegs of . , horseshoe , nails at * two strings of garlic at i>0 <: elds ® Eava * on got that do ^’5/ A. es; lions on ' of castor oil .. at . $4. 0 .-5. . ‘ lx T Have , you got that down ? A es 1 1 ‘ Sure yon . ve got . it all down? , A “J ! h « How V0 ’ does it all taste? Chicago Journal, Fooled the PnnsenKrers. A man sitting in an electric car the other day pulled out of his pocket his handkerchief, when out sprang what eeemed to be a snake. It wriggled and jumped around on the floor at a great rate. The ladies screamed and huddled together, the men made fer it, and one stamped his foot on it, but upon exami¬ nation it proved to be a copper wound bass piano wire, which the man with the handkerchief had coiled up in his pocket and. having become uncoiled, jumped to the floor. How the women looked daggers at him after they be¬ came quieted down was a caution. He soon got off, we presume to put it in the piano that needed it, not because of the looks of tho women.—Salem Ga zette. Once W’a» Enonfuh. This is one of General Miles’ stories. In the Confederate army, Longstreet's corps was making a night march. About 4 o’clock in the morning, when every one was worn out, a Georgia regiment stopped. A Georgia soldier put his rifle up against the tents on the other side of where Longstreet was. “Well,” he said, “this is pretty hard —to fight all day and march all night. But I suppose lean do it for love of my country.” He continued: “I can go hungry, I can light, if need be, I can die for my country, because I love my country. But when this war is over I’ll be blowed if I’ll ever love another coun tryl”—Woman’s Journal. Pat Oat a« a Feeler. Mr. Willingham—What would you do, Mr. Rockington, if I were to ask you for your daughter in marriage? Mr. Rockington—Well, that is some thing that I hardly want to answer off hand Mr. Willingham—I’m glad of that. Now, if I could be sure that you would not answer with your foot I would feel free to go ahead.—Chios,o News. A SCENE OF BUTCHERY. - 1he slaughter That Came With the Ks,d of tlie Ja»l*apiea. Gn the 15th day of June, 1820. the whole corps of tiie janizaries in the capital assembled, overturned their camp kettles (the signal of revolt) and advanced upon the seraglio. With his own Land the sultan unfurled the sacred “sunjak sberif” and called upon the true believers to rally round their dischab and caliph, and the zealous Mussulman citizens rushed from all quarters and rallied under the sacred symbol. The rai}ks of the janizaries Wert by “ caked with Jtape and solid shot “Black Hell’’ (a nickname for Ibra him. general of artillery) and his gun ners a9 they pressed through tho streets, compelling them to fall back to the Etmeidan. where they defended them- 8clvt ' 3 with extraordinary fierceness, slaying great numbers of their assuil ants. The artillery, supported by the marines and the bostangi. pressed for¬ ward and compelled them to retreat to their barracks, where they offered des¬ perate resistance to the assault, From every street cannon thundered on the walls without intermission, the building was soon in flames, the walls tor ” » nd Ottered down by grape-shot, and the janizaries, overwhelmed b£ shot and flames, perished in their burning and blood stained barracks. For two days the gates of the city re mained closed, and with relentless vigor every corner was searched for such janizaries as had escaped the general massacre, and when found they were hastily executed. Nearly 20,000 jaui zai 'l ( -’ s were destroyed on this memora Me day, and many thousands were aft erward put to death in the various cities of tho empire, and thus not one of the number under arms was left to tell the tale.—Self Cultura Too Well Imitated. It is no easy matter for a violin maker to rival the famous Stradivarius Instru¬ ments. but this an American maker did and did so effectually that experts jiro nonneed his violin a genuine Stradi¬ vari ns. The successful man was the late George Gemunder, a famous violin mak¬ er of New York. Ilis remarkable ability as a preparer of violins was known to many a distinguished player, such as Ole Bull, Remenyi and Wilhelmj. But he made, so runs the story, his greatest success at the Paris exposition of Eiffel tower fame, To that exhibition he sent an imitation Stradivarius, and to test its merits had it placed on exhibi¬ tion as the genuine article. A committee of experts carefully ex¬ amined the instrument and pronounced it a Stradivarius. So far Mr. Gemun der’s triumph was complete. But now came a difficulty. When he claimed that it was not an old violin, but a new one made by himself, the committee would not believe him. They declared never uiade * !ie instrument and pro lj p iiricet l him an imposter. He had done work too well. Youth s Compan¬ ion. __ Tired Eyes. A correspondent of Popular Science News tells of a party of Alpine climb erswho, having spent live hours among the snows cf the mountains, returned to their homes after dark. A great change had to all appearance taken place since the night before. Instead of being illuminated in the usual way, the place was supplied with green lights. It took the travelers a little time to realize that they were suffering from Daltonism, or color blindness, superin¬ duced by eye fatigue. The intense light caused by the sun shining upon the snow bad for the time rendered them unable to judge of colors and given rise to their curious mistake.. Three hours elapsed before the eyes regained theix normal condition. Chevreul explains that the eye can¬ not gaze long upon a given color with¬ out tending to become insensible to it. When the eye looks long upon a color, it should be rested by the complemen¬ tary color. Thus an eye that has grown tired with green should be rested by red, which is green's complementary color. legal of Repartee.^ the jury, said the pompous lawyer, assuming his most im posing mien, “I once. sat upon the judge’s bench in ni wa - “Where was the judge? quickly inquired the opposing attorney, and the pompons gentleman found the thread Of his argument hopelessly entangled. In ard to , long .. J® «- and r at ®« .^ e h0ad jL* ® v J, wjfnm y huW Th* floninet* of a Theater, A prosperoft* theater in the city ot Now York may in a favorable season do a business of more than $250, Ooti and keep m employment 150 persons. There are 37 theaters, including the va riety houses, in active operation in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, while the borough of Brooklyn adds a score or move. Everything which affects business in general affects the theater immediately. A man will reduce his expenditures for tickets to places of amusement long before he thinks of cutting down his supply of cigars, for the to that class of luxuries which subtly become necessaries, while the theater habit, as any observant manager will toil you. requires constant cultivation, The management of a theater is there fere an occupation requiring business sagacity in a greater degree than it calls for artistic taste.—W. J. Hender sou iu Scribner’s. Proud of Her Work, He looked with forced admiration at Bhe slippers—forced because he already had half a dozen pairs. “You don’t mean to tell me that they are all your own work? What a talented little wife I’m going to have!’ And she smiled, . though the plain truth was that she had bought the up¬ pers. paid a man to sole them and then managed to sew the bows on crooked after her mother had made them. Yet she was very proud and really wonder¬ ed how she had managed to accomplish eo much.—Detroit Journal. Queer Thing, Chance. “I was at Monte Carlo last year/' said a New York turfman, “and was amused watching the gamblers in the casino playing systems. If red would win. say. four times hand running, everybody would double up on black. The more times one color showed in succession the bigger were the bets on the other, which was mathematically an error, although you couldn’t con¬ vince a gambler of it. Once while I waa there red won 12 times, and over 40, 000 francs were staked on black. One lone player had the nerve to put 50 francs on red. It won, and he let the bet lay, and it won again. Then every body got a sudden idea it would win once more, and it was played to the limit. That time black showed.” “Did you ever hear about runs of color?” asked somebody. “I did over there, ” replied the man who had been to Monte Carlo. “It is generally believed that when one color wins the odds are in favor of it win* ning twice more. There's no ssnse lxl it, but the records of the game do a good deal to confirm the superstition. Queer thing, chance.” Couldn't Chill Ilia Wit. Mme. Modjeska and her company were playing one winter in the extreme north, much to the discomfort of Count Bozenta. the Polish star’s husband, who hates the chilly northern climata But at that time the show business waa at a very low ebb in the south. One particularly cold duy Mme. Modjeska found the count shivering from head to foot in spite of the steam heat in the hotel. “Oh, my dear, my dear!” he Im¬ plored. “Let us go south for the rest of the season. This climate will kill us. ” “But, my dear,” replied madame, “the south is dead. ” “Yes, ” said the count, “but she Ifl such a be-autiful corpse. ” Time to Waite. Judge Wheaton A. Gray was hearing a criminal case in Fresno, and on a warm day, at the end of a long har¬ angue by the prosecuting counsel, h» noticed one of the jurymen asleep. A» eoon as the argument was completed, the judge addressed tho jury in this pe¬ culiar manner: “Gentlemen of the ju¬ ry. the prosecuting attorney has com¬ pleted his argument. Wake up and lis¬ ten to the instructions of the court/’— Argonaut A New One or None. Mrs. Proudfoot—Yes, Mrs. Mala prop, that’s an heirloom. It’s been in Mr. Prondfoot’s family over 100 years. Mrs. Malaprop—Do tell 1 I’ve been nagging at John Henry to get an heir¬ loom ever since we moved to the city, but he can’t find any, except second¬ hand ones, and I won’t have them.— Jewelers’ Weekly. its The power Chinese to check government the opium does habit, all th 3 punishments common in the Chinese army for this habit being extreme. FflV the first offense a man may have his upper lip cut; for the second he may be decapitated. No. 30 THE DYING SUN. When tls Tlenl l!«-(>raf* Extinct, the Earth 1VI1I Freese Solid. Our son is now a yellow star similar to Capelin, and hence it will eventually become bir.ish white like Sirius and Vega, says Professor T. J. J. .See in The Atlantic. The secular shrinkage of the son’s radius will cause, a steady rise In its tempera tine, and when the body has reached the stage of Sirius, whoro the temperature is perhaps doubled, tho light emitted will become intensely blue. The temperature may be expected tained, and finally, when the dense mass, intensely hot, becomes incapable of further shrinkage, on account of in¬ crease in the molecular forces resisting condensation, a cooling will gradually ensue, after which the body will liquefy and then rapidly decline in splendor. The sun will thenceforth be wrapped in everlasting darkness, and the chill of death will overtake the planetary sys¬ tem. A condition of darkness thus fol lows close upon a period of intense bril liancy, and hence the obscurity of such bodies as the companions of Sirius. Procyon and Algol. The most obscure satellites are thus associated with some of the brightest and most intensely lu¬ minous stars in our sky, and here the smaller of the two masses, as in the case of the planets of the solar system, have developed most rapidly. In view of this approaching extinc¬ tion of the sun’s activity it becomes a matter of interest to inquire how long its heat will sustain life upon the earth. Though it is difficult to submit the sub¬ ject to accurate computation, it is easy to see that the exhaustion of the sun’s light and heat certainly will not occur for several hundred thousand, and per¬ haps not for several million years. Thus the ultimate doom of our system need occasion no anxiety among those now living, but the result is philosophically interesting to those who look several million years into the future. As experiment has shown that the sun’s vertical rays falling continuously upon terrestrial ice would melt a layer three centimeters in thickness per day. it follows that a similar shell of ice would form over the earth in case the sun’s light and heat were cut off. Thus in a month the whole earth would be frozen like the polar regions, and only the deeper bodies of water, containing a great amount of heat, would remain in a liquid state. The oceans themselves would freeze over within a few years at the latest, and the winds and even the tides would cease to agitate the ter restrial globe, which would henceforth spin in its orbit as a rigid, lifeless mass, “Hod BleHM the Duke of Ar(tyll. M “You Americans.” said the Scotch¬ man. “suffer from an itch for notorie¬ ty” “An itch for notoriety, ” responded the American with spirit, “is bettor than a notoriety for”— But at that point they clinched.—In¬ dianapolis Journal. Some boys in an English school were requested to write a short letter to the master. One youngster added a P. S., which ran. “Please excuse bad riting and spelling, as I avent been taut any beter. ” Gar.elle Rluutlngr. Gazelles in Nubia are hunted by a powerful breed of hounds, in build somewhat heavier than a greyhound. In spite of being far swifter than the hound, the gazelle falls a victim from the nervous habit of constantly stop¬ ping to look back to see if it is pursued. It also expends its strength by taking great bounds in an almost vertical di¬ rection. thereby not only losing time, but exhausting itself, so that it is over¬ taken without difficulty.—Harper s Weekly. Torpedo Boats. The average distance of discovery of a torpedo boat by the searchlight from a battleship has been calculated to be 781 yards and the greatest distance 2,000 yards. Thus, taking the distance at which the torpedo can be fired with effect at 500 yards it will be generally found that a torpedo boat will have to cross about 800 yards under tire from the ship she is attacking, and it will take the little craft about half a minute to do this. Gallant. “A man is as old as he feels, ” said the gentleman of the old school, “and s Woman as old as she says she is " : iianapolis Journal. The Englishman, it is calculated pends on the average $250 a v< sustenance; the German $215 the Frenchman $210, the Italian $110, the Russian $95,