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T. A. HAVRON, Publisher. CURRENT TOPICS. Bhooklyn, N. Y., now has 700,000 pop® lution. A Georgia colored woman is gradually turning white. General B. F. Butlkp. will be tixty-six years old in November. In Aberdeen, I). T., artesian flowing wells are used to run grist mills. At Calcutta, India, there is a temple devoted to the goddess of cholera. The Cuban Government is bankrupt and unable to pay soldiers their wages. A man named C. S. Uedrunk lectured on temperance in Saratoga the other day. It is sai 1 00,000 women are steering canal boats in Southern and Middle England. A hog weighing 08!) pounds has been on exhibition in l’liiladi lphia for some time past. Lieutenant Greely is to be provided with a comfortable position in the Signal Corps. A Chinaman was baptised into the Methodist Church at White Plains, N. Y., recently. No negroes are allowed in the British’ navy without a special sanction from the admiralty. Mozart’s monument at Vienna will cost more than the great composer got for all his work, $50,000. King I hkbau, it is reported, has mur dered 475 of his relatives since he has as cended the throne. 7HE total number of free delivery post pfflees in the United States is 159, employ ing 3,890 carriers. There were 1,104 miles of railroads built In this country during the past six months of the present year. Cape Cod fishermen have been unususally fortunate this season, having secured very large catches of fish. Nine thousand live lobsters formed part of the cargo of a schooner which arrived in Boston the other day. The value of manufactures in the United States in 1880 was t 0,300,000,000, and in England $4,015,500,000. Philadelphia has 401 public schools and nearly 100,000 scholars. There are 81 male »nd 2,200 female teachers. Two Americans have been thrown into jail in Mexico for defaming the character of the Mexican President. The celebrated evangelist, D. L. Moody, has returned to America after a most suc cessful mission in London. Twenty-one thousand widows of tho 'War of 1812 are stated to be still drawing pen sions from the Government. Six seedsmen in this country pay over H7ft,ooo per year for postage on matter, most of which goes to farmers. It is said that fifty Canadian newspapers have declared in favor of independence. Annexation finds but few advocates. A special detail of picked policemen has been ordered to hunt down and bring in, dead or alive, the ghost at Trenton, N. J. Ice cream manufacturers and beer brew ers report that the consumption of their wares is almost as large in winter as in summer. ' An old sea captain contends that water strongly impregnated with lime is a sov ereign preventive, and an almost sure cure for cholera. , The Sinking Fund Commission of New York has appropriated $2,000,000 for build ing new armories in tho city for the na tional guard. It is said that Gladstone and Queen Vic* toria are so cool towards each other that foreigners occasionally mistake them for man and wife. A Washington City man claims to be able to tell the disposition of a horse and the condition of its health by the expres sion of its eyes. The Georgia magnetic girl has been hav ing marked success in New York. She should now go to Philadelphia and tackle the Keely motor. It is reported that a ruby found in Clay County, N. C., was sold by the finder for sls then for $3,000, and after being cut by a lapidary, for SIB,OOO. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue refuses to rescind the order discontinuing the collection of the tax on whisky by as sessment after September. . The proposed world’s fair at Rome has been postponed until 1894, ns France has set its heart on having one in 1889, the cen tennial of the revolution. The feeling is growing that the man so ready to hand out a pistol on the least pro vocation is a coward i:t comparison with the common, bully who fights with his fists. In the ninety-eight years of its existence the American Bible Society has issued no less than 4.1,892,031 volumes, including Bibles, testaments and portions of the gos pels. ' There are 3,985 paper mills in the world, which turn out annually 1,904,000,000 pounds of paper. Half of this is used Jin printing generally, while 600,000,000 pounds are used for newspapers. A factory for the production of arti ficial teeth is to be established at Utica, 14. Y., where masticators will be turned out at the rate of 3,000 sets per day, for the low price of $1 50 per set. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who is now in failing health, at her home in Fer nandina, Fia., is having her life and labors noted by her son, for publication after hei death, in autobiographical form. Mrs. ScoviLLE, now known as Mrs. Howe, the sister of the late Charles Guiteau, and living in Chicago, sent her late hus band a quantity of her unused wedding stationery, in view' of his approaching marriage. A Chinese contractor, of Portland, Or., has brought suit against the Northern Pa eifle Railway Company for the deaths of eleven of his countrymen, who was drilled some time since by the collision of two construction trains. Toe demand td is $60,000, TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 0. 1884. IRISH LAND. Letter From Parnell to the National League of Ireland. A Permanent Reduction of Rent t qiinl to ft! 1.300,009 AflVcte.l by Gladstone's Mens urea. London, August 2.—A letter from Par nell to the local Secretary of the National League of Ireland lias been made public. Parnell says he anticipates as the outcome of the Parliamentary Committee’s report that nil important improvement in the con dition of the laboring classes of Ireland will be affected. The officials of the Local Government Board have given evidence continuing the report circulated by the Irish party that a measure will be prepared giving the local authorities power to take or lease land compulsorily, even if not attached, to laborers’ cottages, for the purpose of letting it to laborers at moderate prices. The measure will also empower the authorities to make repairs in the cottages. A return has just been made to Parliament in regard to the operation of the Irish Arrears ot Kent Act. According to this the sum of £2,570,000 owing to the landlords by the farmers has been wiped out under the act since 11882. Of this large amount Ulster gained £820.000 in remissions of rent; Leinster, £250,000; Connaught, £1,000,000. and Munster, £s<k),ooo. The Nationalist papers, commenting upon this return, state that the land act has already secured to the farmers a permanent reduction of rent exceeding £500,000 yearly. The Bishop of Limerick, Earl of Belmore and other members of the commission which has beon considering the condition of educa tion in Ireland, state that the curtailed rents were better and more regularly paid last year than at any time since the Par nell agitation began. The relations now existing between the landlords and tenants nre aidlrable. The primary schools estab lished for the benefit of the tenants are every-where appreciated. The Government is resolved upon a large reduction of the forces in Ireland. A HUMAN SQUIRREL. • Tii* Wjifiliiiiffloit IVralom C’lerh Who I>vte Ift in a Tree. Washington, August 2.—Washington Is the only city in the country that can boast of a citizen who lives up a tree. This deni zen of the tree tops is a pension office clerk, named A. B. Hayward. He is a rather good-looking man of middle age and intel ligent appearance, and wears a full beard, and dresses with good taste. He is pleasant, and treats his numerous visitors courte ously, and takes pleasure in entertaining them, which is rather surprising to many who expect to find him a cross, crabbed and exclusive person. He floes not go to extremes, however, and shows no signs of crankiness, except in his singular choice of » place to dwell. The tree is a very large walnut, mid stands near the top of a hill. The dwemng consists of a stanch platform, eighteen feet wide and thirty-five feet long, built around the trunk of the tree and supported by four heavy tim bers. The platform is thirty-one feec from terra-firinn, and in the center of this the little house is built. The upper portion is covered with canvas curtains, with wooden rollers in the bottom, which can be hoisted by means of ropes to any distance desired, and lowered so far as to preserve the occupant from rain or sunshine. It is reached by a closed staircase, fitted up with hand-rails, which reaches nearly to the ground. The ascent of the first six feet is made by a step-ladder, which can be drawn up and placed on the first landing or plat form, and the door closed and locked. He gives several reasons for living in such a place. He says it is desirable for sanitary purposes, and he enjoys the quiet and the beautiful scenery. His health is improved, and it is cheap. THE CHOLERA Slowly rauinc Away lYom tiie Inn-rfed District. Marseilles, August I.—Six deaths from cholera to-day between noon and seven. There are seventy-eight cholera patients under treatment in the Pharo Hospital. Ten were admitted into the hospital to-day, three died, and two were discharged cured. The crowd outside the Mairie cheered to day when they saw the cholera bulletin announcing the decrease in the number of deaths. The total number of deaths in Marseilles since the outbreak is 1,248. The streets of the city are again assuming ’ the normal gayety. During the twenty-four hours ended at 9 to-night, there were twemy-six deaths from cholera here. There were eight deaths from that disease at Arles to-day, and six at Aix. Physicians here believe the cholera will disappear from tho city in a few days. Toulon, August I.—Only two deaths from cholera to-day. Thirty-three cases are now being treated in the Bona Rencon tre Hospital, and ninety-three iu tho St. Mandrier Hospital. Toulon, August 2. —There has been only one death from cholera to-day. The record for the past twenty-four hours at Bon Rencontre Hospital is as follows: Admitted, none; cured, 4; deaths, under treat ment, 28. The record of Saint Mandrier Hospital for the same time is: Admitted, 3; cured, 5; deaths, none; under treatment, 91. Marseilles, August 2.-9 v. m.—There were sixteen deaths from cholera in this city during the past twenty-four hours. At Arles four deaths since last night; at Villa franca, in the Asti District, Italy, two deaths; in Cossinasco. one, and in Sessame, one. There is no cholera in the principal towns of Italy. Our Coast Defenses. Washington, August 2.—The Chief En gineer of the Army has received the an nual reports of all engineer officers in charge of the coast and harbor defense. They assert that the Atlantic Coast and lake fronts are in ulmosta totally defense less condition. The majority of defenses are falling into decay, and the armament in most instanees is so fai behind the times as to be utterly wort! ,ess. General Newton, it is understood, will, in his an nual report, urge the immediate provision for adequate protection of harbors by bat teries aud tonifications of modern design. HOME AGAIN. Mfflln* of l.leutonniit Rrrcly nml Ilia Wile— "Arlliur! Artlinr! Home!”—An'* I lie Mother—“My Aon! My * on!”-“Mol Her!”- Incidents Rulin'l e Beyond Ilescrlptlon. Portsmouth, N. H„ August I.—The Greely relief squadron arrived here this morning. Mrs. Lieutenant Oroely arrived at noon with General Hazen an.l party. Lieutenant Greely’s mother is also here. Lieutenant Oreelv had not been informed that his wife was about to go on board the Thetis, and a few minutes before her arrival, in conversation with Commander Schley, he said he did not expect to see her to-day, ns she probably had not been able to reach there so soon. When the Secre tary’s. barge was seen to leave the Tennessee with Mrs. Greely and her two brothers, G. O. and C. A. Nesmith, sitting in the stern sheets, Commander Schley said to Lieuten ant Greely: “Lieutenant, I would like to see you in my cabin for a few moments.” Commander Schley entertained Lieutenant Greely in conversation about arctic matters until a peculiar signal was given on the boatswain’s whistle to indicate that Mrs. Greely was oil board and ready to meet her husband. The lady trembled very much. Her breath came in gasps, and her whole frame shook with emotion. With faltering steps she went to the cabin door, and just at the instant she entered Com mander Schley left the room, leaving the long separated couple alone. Lieutenant Greely was sitting with his back to the door, but when Commander Schley so ab- ruptly left him, he turned, and at the same instant saw his wife enter. With a loud cry, that was more . like a gigantic sob half smothered, Lieutenant Greely bounded from bis chair with eyes gleaming in joy at the sight that gladdened them. Mrs. Greely, tali, dark and stately, sprang forward to meet tier husband, crying, “Arthur, Arthur, home!” It was noticeable on board the Thetis that everybody shed tears when Mrs. Greely entered the cabin where her juisband was. Late in the afternoon the mother of Lieutenant Greely came from Newbury port, and was taken at once on board the Tennessee. Shortly after she was pirt in the Secretary’s barge and taken on board the Thetis. When she arrived there Mr. and Mrs. Greely and the latter’s brothers were seated in Commander Schley’s cabin, alternately crying, laughing and embracing. An in stant before the Lieutenant’s mother en tered the cabin, Commander Schley step ped to the door and said, “Lieutenant,your mother is here.” Mrs. Greely then entered,-and threw her arms around her son’s neck, saying only,“My son! my son!” Lieutenant Greeley spoke no word save “Mother!” but in his tone and expres sion there was a world of tenderness. Clasping his mother in his arms, he did nothing else but sob, while his mother cried like a child. Fearing the excitement would be too much for Lieuteuant Greeiy’-s Shat tered condition, Commander Schley entered the cabin and wisely directed the conver sation into less emotional channels. About 4 o’clock Secretary Chandler entered ids barge and was rowed to tho Thetis. Secretary Chandler went at once to Lieutenant Greely, ami affection ately took the gallant explorer in his arms in the fervor of his greeting. “God bless you! God bless you!” said the Secretary. “You have come back to us almost from the grave. I hope your future happiness may reward you for the terrible exper ience you have had.” The Lieutenant re sponded feelingly, thanking Mr. Chandler for his kind expressions. The Public Debt Statement. Washington, D. C., August 2.--The fol lowing is the public debt statement for the month of July; Four-and-a-hall's f 250,000,000 Fours 737,680.350 Threes 223,453,250 Refunding certificates 274,350 Navy Tension Fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt 81,225,407.950 Matured debt 12,606,366 Legal Tenders Certificates of deposit 12,230,000 Gold and silver certificates 238,421,661 Fractional currency 6.978,491 Total without interest $605,369,593 Total debt $1,843,383,898 Total interest 8,683,052 Cash in Treasury 405,910,003 Bonds issued to Pacific Railroads, interest payable by United States, principal outstanding. . $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid 323,117 Interest paid by United States... 63,099,504 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service 18,148,923 By cash payments. 5 per cent, of net earnings 655,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 42,295,389 Decrease during July 3,993,281 Shot His Tenant. Shelßyville, 111., August 2.—A shoot ing affray occurred on a farm five miles south-east of this city. Frank Stillwell, the owner, in attempting to serve a notice to quit on the tenant, became involved in a quarrel with him, which led to the tenant attacking him with a hoe. In order to de fend himself he drew a revolver and shot him in the right side, the ball lodging in the back, causing a dangerous it not fatal wound. Stillwell immediately gave him self up and was placed under bond of SI,OOO to appear for trial next week. The name of the tenant was Skaggs. Francis Murphy on Prohibition Nominees. Pittsburg, Pa., August 2. —Francis Murphy, the great temperance apostle, ar rived from Chicago to-night. When asked what ho thought of the Prohibition nomi nees he said: “I don’t care to talk on poli tics. I believe every matt should stick to h s own party.” He is evidently unfriendly to St. John, and intimated that the temper ance question was an issue by itself, and had nothing to do with politics. Saving the Tombs of the Prophets. London, August 2.-*-On an appeal from the Jews of Jerusalem, the Sultan has an nulled the sale of that part of the Mount of Olives which contains the graves of the Prophets Haggai, Zachariah and Malacbi. The purchasers were the Russian priest hood. The burial places of the prophets have been secured to the Jews in perpetuity. A Louisville Capitalist Dead. Louisville, August 2.—John B. Bangs, head of the well-known publishing house of John P. Morton & Co., died to-day of peritonitis. He was born in New York in 183", the son of Rev. Mr. Bangs,of the 'M.E. Cuurch. He was one cf Louisville’s most prominent men, and identified with a Dozen business interests here. King of An?m Dead. London, August 2.-—Advices from there state tout the King of Angni is dead. lie had been ill a long time FEARFUL CRASH. Disastrous Fall of a Wall of the United States Hotel, Washington. 'Rnr.vlng nml t'rmlilna Sf r<ral of llie In male- Three PirioiM linoivu to he lilllcd. . Washington, August 3.—The city was startled just at dusk by a report that the pld United State Hotel had fallen in, and buried a large number of people. The fact proved to be that few people were killed, though a very considerable portion of the building fell. The hotel is one of the oldest in the city, and while formerly quite well known, of late it rates about third class. It fronts on Pennsylvania avenue, between Third and Four-and-a-half streets. It was the back building, about fifty by forty feet, which fell. The rear wall, next the alley, which it seems has long been bowed out ward,‘suddenly pushed out, and caused the entire rear gf the building to fall. This started the side walls and the whole back building of the hotel fell in a heap. The lower floor contained the kitchen and dining-room. There were a few people, probably three or four, in the latter, and six in the kitchen, including Mrs. Belden, the wife of the proprietor. She was taken out about 11 o’clock, alive, nut apparently dy ing. Alcove the first floor there were three floors of guests and servants’ rooms. Few were occupied, and the occupants of these were believed to be on the avenue, as the rooms were hot and tiie street in front was very comfortable. The police and Fire Department, with two of the District Commissioners, were soon on the ground, and a large relief force was organized and worked with great energy. The Electric Light Company came on the ground, and quickly ran wires from its lines and put up lights, which made it easy to work intelligently. At intervals the whole com pany were directed to be silent, that the cries of such as were alive could be heard, that their situation could be described by those able to talk from under the ruins. At midnight three have been removed alive, and it is feared three are dead. There are some who were on tiie books of the hotel who are missing, but it is not believed they are in the ruins. A TRAIN ATTACKED BY BEES. Mingulaa* tsprri.iif. of Rassengers liver I lie Chi<-iig» A Noi ltin, ttern Road. Chicago, August 3.—When between Lake Bluff and Lake Forest, a few days ago, a passenger train on’the Northwestern road ran over a swarm of bees which had come out of the trunk of an old tree standing in the pasture by the roadside. The bees, angered at the death of their queen and comrades, flew suddenly through the open windows into the coaches and proceeded to attack the passengers, who were thrown into the wildest confusion. The little insects were swift in their work, and spared nobody. Every effort to drivo tiiem off made them all the ipore vicious and determined. Berber Stormed. London, August 3.—Advices from As souan state that a refugee merchant ar rived there, and reports the Bishareens stormed Berber on the Bth of June. There was very severe tilling, and many casualties on Doth sides. Tne rebels built a wall General Gordon, whose steamers captured several of their boats laden with provi sions. The Mudi of Dongoja was favorbly impressed with Colonel Kitchener. Gener als Stephenson and Wood are going to Wady Haifa on a tour ot inspection. A Machinist’s Good Fortune. "Youngstown, Ohio, August 3.—Junius Dunbar, foreimin of the machine shop of Brown, Bonn<% & Co., lias just placed in oAration an automatic nail feeder of hR own invention, that will make a l'fmune for the owner. It is sitnplsn construction, works rapidly and correctly, and will work a revolution in making nails, reducing the cost of manu facture to a minimum. Works are to be erectid here at once for manufacturing the machines. A Horrible Death. Delphos, 0., August 3.—John Hock, em ployed in the Pittsburg hoop and stave factory, was almost instantly killed last night, while working a hoop coiler. The hoop broke at one of the laps, striking him in the side, cutting it open, nllowfng his bowels to protrude. He was a widower, in comfortable circumstances. He leaves one son. Cholera in Italv. Rome, August 3. —Several cases of chol era reported to-day in various parts of It aly. There have been many disorders at Borgo San Dalmazzo, the inhabitants be lieving the doctors and chemists poisoned the girl who died there from cholera. Stringent orders were issued by the Government, that all linens arriving from France be disinfected or burned. Honors to Stanley. Ostend, August 3. —Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, who arrived here yesterday, (was received with enthusiasm. Strauck, (President of the African International As sociation, met Stanley at the steamer. (King Leopold and Due d’ Aumale were present at the banquet last night. Conference Postponed. Washingtctn, August 3.—ln consequence of more favorable reports from the cholera jlistricts in Europe the proposed national ronference of health boards, which was to Jake place in Washington Thursday next, lias been postponed to a later day not yet named. » “~———————— An Exodus of Americans. ‘ 'London, August 3.— London is declared, jin spite of all contradictions, to be fuller of (Americans than ever, especially of young inarried couples, and the table d’hote, at the Grand Hotel, is described as a nightly Ijridal procession. Wholesale Expulsion. Berlin, August 3.—Up to the present time, two thousand persons of both sexes, suspected of conspiring against the peace !of the Czar, have been expelled from (Germany. SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS. TriEHE is a negro in Hardin County svliose head is said to be as large as a water bucket. His case is singular. While quite young he contracted the whooping cough, and the strain from coughing caused the seam in the skull to break open; since which time the head lias continued to grow, until it has reached the above enormous proportion. The body of the boy is com pletely paralyzed with the exception of one arm, and this he usee to feed himself. He appears to be very intelligent, and con verses readily about his misfortune. The town of Selma, Ala, claims to have the most wonderful artesian well in the world, and it would seem with good rea son. The remarkable feature in the case is that.two separate stream- of water, of en tirely different properties, flow from this well. The singular effect in question is produced, it seems, by the simple insertion of a two inch pipe within a four inch tube. The larger pipe descends to a depth of some 400 feet, the water having no mineral qual ities or character, and being very cold; the inner pipe descends 700 feet; the water is strongly impregnated with sulphur and iron, and compared with the temperature of tiie twin stream, is quite warm. Robert Floor, aged seventy-four, and Stiles Sanders, aged seventy-seven years, met early the other morning near New burn, N. C., and were about to fight a duel with pistols. Thomas Stanley, a young man, happened to come upon them at the time, and persuaded the two white-haired farmers to desist from their foolish act. They had always been warm friends and members of the same church. They had some harsh words about some crops a few days before, and agreed to settle their dis putes by the code duello. There is a gentleman living in Ruther ford, Tenn., who has been married four times, and the four wives were all born in the same year—lß2l. Louisiana is promised the largest ri*e crop this year she has ever made. A Georgia paper claims to have seen a cabbage “five feet across the top.” Washington County, Miss., produces more cotton than any other county in America. The product of the cotton seed oil fac tories at the Soutli is now worth about $1,000,000. About 609,000 persons are engaged in the mining and manufacturing business going on in the South. Baltimore is tickled to think that there is a greater depth of water in her harbor approaches than New York or Philadel phia’s. The manufacture of perfumes from Florida flowers is becoming an important industry. It is said that a process has re cently been devised for extracting tbe sweet flavor of the cassava plant. Kewrb’rv, W«Qf, TVnnesspp. h/is « fumalfi prohibition club numbering eighty persons. The dogs of Knoxville breathe freer. The City Council has refuse* to muzzle or im pound them. A sweet potato, exhibited at Crawford, Ga., measured 4X feet in length, and was from ten to fifteen im-hes in circumference. It grew almost straight down 38, feet in the earth. Governor ‘ Cameron has decided to convene the Virginia Legislature on Au gust 13. Vii.la Finch was killed by Simpson Lindsay, at Fayette Court-house, Ala., a few days ago, in a drunken quarrel. Figs are very scarce in Jacksonville, Fla., ut 75 cents per peck at wholesale, and retail at 15 to 20 cents per quart. Chicago, New York and Tennessoe beef is 18 to 25 cents pel* pound. Augusta, Ga., has gained in population 21,132 since 1870, 14,12)0 of which has come in since 1880. At Mobile, Ala., Colonel J. L. Murphy, President of tho Mobile Life Insurance Company, was shot and killed by Reuben Tripp. The quarrel was about land tres pass. Tripp surrendered, claiming self defense. The Supreme Court of Alabama, in the case of Amy & Co., of New York, vs. Sel ma, Ala., bold that the new corporation of S dmn,being the same territory ami corpora tors as the precedent city of Selma, is its successor, and liable for the debts and bonds as created and issued under the old char ter of the city, which has been repealed by (he Legislature. This was legislation simi lar to that of .Memphis and Mobile, and the Court holds that any clauses in the charter impaling liability for old debts are inoper. alive and unconstitutional. Frank Wallace, who lives or, Sixteen- Mile Creek, Mason County, W. Va., has been persecuted in a strangely devilish manner by unknown enemies. On July 23 his wheat stacks were burned to the ground. In a few days his horses died, his cows followed, and then his hogs and Rlieep at intervals, by poison. In the foregoing outrages the fiends have pulled up and destroy! over two acres of growing young corn. Mr. Wallace is a good citizen, and is at a loss to know why he is thus persecuted. The steamer City of Y"azoo was snagged and sunk in the Lower Mississippi, nine miles below Baton Rouge, L»., a few morn ings ago, and will prove a total loss. Valued at $30,000 and insured for $20,000. No lives lost. The Times-Democrat, of New Orleans, received, the other night, telegraphic specials from all portions of the South, giving the condition of the cotton ami grain crops as they stand to-day. The reports show an entirely satisfactory condition of affairs. Among those who perished in the Greely expedition were Sergts. Ralston and Gard ner of the signal service, both stationed for some years at or near Wilmington, N. .C. Sergt. Gardner married a daughter of Mr. Dugald McMillan, of Wilmington. The Board of Education at Austin, Texas, has just made an apportionment of the available school funds. The total amount apportioned is $2,032,870, being $5 per capita on the scholastic census just computed. There are 9, XX) more negroeß than white* (n Bbelby County, Tonn, VOL. 1.-NO. 24 SCIENCE ANI» INDUSTRY. -—An Jr.iliftiiapolis man lias invented a live poultry car. It has numberless partitions, .-tor n curtains, cleansing apparatus, water and food troughs. — iniianapolis Journal. —At the New York Convention of Deaf Mutes a pair of patent ears was shown. With them part ally deaf peo ple would hear better than with their ear trumpet.— N. V. Sun. Experiments ma le by M. Muntz with various k mis of water—spring, river, sea and rain water, also snow— prove that alcohol may be found in all, except in pure spring water. —Sawdust when used as a substitute for saiql in house plaster ng is alleged to i i part very desirable properties to the piaster. It makes the covering for walls light, warm, and porous. By its non-conducting qualities it causes the inner su face to retain the heat, which sand plaster al ows to escape. —it was long believed that the height of the atmosphere of the earth did not exceed forty-five mile 3, but from the ob servations of luminous meteors it is in .erred that the t height o the atuos phare is a least 120 miles, and that, in an extremely attenuated form, it may even reach 200 miles. C tic ago Inter- Ocean. —A nmple way to ascertain whether a sample of petroleum is dangerous or not has been recommended by a chem ist of considera le standing. An ordi nary tumi lor is filled two thirds lull wi h the oil. While filling up the re maining one-third with water a Game is held ove ■ tho ve-sel. If the vapor which rises lakes t re the test indicates that the petroleum is not safe to be ex posi d to the atmosphere. — l The ,ron describes an apparatus for freeing carpets from dust without beating them. It c ns sts of a polygon al drum formed of wooden bars ami hxed ou a shaft revolving liori-ontally. The drum is twelve feet in diameter and six feet in breadth, ami is en losed in a chamber. It is driven by an Otto gas engine of twelve-horse-power, which also drives a fan or drawing eft the dust from the chamber as it is ex traced irom the carpets. The carpets arc placed in the drum, which is tilted with a series o internal rollers, and which turn the carpets over as the drum revolves. i lie speed is twenty-two revolutions per minute, and at this rate it is found that from two hundred to three hundred s uaro yards of carpet can be thoroughly cleansed per hour without the possibility of damage to the fabric. PITH AND POINT. —i7ou‘i. Dtuw i i the gun jour grand father carried in the war o' 1812. " it is more dange ous now than it was then. A writer in a health publication ad vises pe >p!c to “live in the sun.” But how und t ihe - tin are | eople going to do it. — Bos o i 'Jr-inscrip'. —A little girl was trying to tell her mother how beauti 'ully a certain lady could trill : n singing, and - aid: “O, mamma, you ought to hear her gargle! She does it so sweetly.” —**l)o you know what Ihe board over Ihat cow’s face is for.” asked the Colonel. “No” responded the Ma or, “unless it is to keep li r blush s from being seen when tae milk man works the pump-handle ” — Bos s n 804. —A San Franc’sco showman is ,ad vertising a troupe of educated Hies. If lie Will send one on here to teach others how to walk around the edge of a milk pitcher without falling in he will gain everlasting fame. — Chicago Tima. —“That Husband of Mine” was ly ing upon ih* 1 lap of a young married woman on the train the other day when a base-bad dude and would be masher leaned over the seat, read the title of the b >ok, and then looking around in monkey panlo nime. simpered out: •‘Ah! where is he?” “Minding his own bu iness, I hope,” was the crush ing reply. —An honest rustic went into the shop of a Quik r to buy a hat, for which twenty shi lings was de l anded. He ofiered two dollars. “Vs i live,” said the Quaker, “1 can not afford to give it thee at that price.” “As you live,” exclaimed the countryman. “Then live more moderately, and i e hange 1 to you.” “Friend,” said the l.maker, “thou shal ! ha c the hat for nothing. I have sold hats for twenty years, and my trick was never found o t till now.’ —- N. Y. Lelger. lt was a ease of breach of promise. The evi !ence be pg all in, the defend a it, was allowed to sa. a word in his own behaif. “Yes,” he said, “I kissed her almost continually every evening 1 called at her house.” Lawyer for the claimant —“Then you con ess it.” De fendant —“ Yes, I bo con ess i: : but I had to do it.” Law,er—“Had to do it! What do \ou u can? 1 efemlaut —“That was the only way I could keep her fro m singing.’ I lie jury give a verdict for Je endant w.thout leaving their seats. — Dctro t Fast. Friend “Ah! glad to see you, Blank. How did your great 1 oat race with .Swift, the champ on sculler, come out?’’ Blank (champion oarsman) ‘ I won. “Glad of it; glad ol it. I was afrsi.l lm would beat yo \ V\ hat time did you make?" “An hour and a haf.’ Gieat l.eoni as’ An hour and a half Why it’s a tea-minute course, and I have seen you do it iu eigh .” “Weir, you see that villain swift sold out the race and was bound I sho Id beat him. and he rowed as slow as he could.’ ‘But why should that affe t your time? Why did nt yoi spin > ver the eo rse in ei;h minutes? M ell. yo i see 1 had sold out, t >o, and wanted him to beat mo.”— Philadelphia Call.