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HaU.EM GEORGIA
I’l gVKRY THURSDAY.
Bnllnicl •*- Ail*.ln«oji,
Mis* Sarah A. Hiigli<», of Raleigh, X.
C., wa» ordained recently by Bishop M.
M Turner, of the African Methodist
Episcopal church. Kh< is a bright mid
lato, well educated, and ia, it is believed,
the flrat colored woman preacher in the
world. _ ________
Dakota ia well scattered over with col
)»[«ud people from the eriat, who, ruinei.
by (peculation, are end, avoring to grow
up new fortune* with the country. Gen
orally they have little knowledge of agri
culture and no aelaptability for the new
life. A* a conw-<|ii<n< e they are pretty
miserable.
The United State- Marine Hand nt
Washington, in addition to playing on
the “marine pnrwle” twi< < a day, fur
niahea nil the music nt the White Hou*e,
and nt the receptions of the secretary of
the navy, according to an old usage.
The bandmaster, Prof. Sousa, compow a
a new piece for each “grand occasion. r
T. I). Curtis, of Syrni us--, anyn there
an- 10,000,000 cow- in the United States.
Tie money value of th- ir yearly product
is f 1,000.000.000. mid the total cost of
the land and plant necessary for their sujs
port |U, 800,000,000. Last year 00,000,-
000 pounds of imitation butter Wi re sold
from a capital of 02,000,000. This is
hurting the dairy Interests.
Thomas A Edison is thought to have
cleared two millions out of his electrical
inventions. His purchase of a rural resi
dence nt (UOO.OOO i ash, to take his bride
to. ia regarded by his intimate friends ns
no great extravagance in appearance
he in a clean shaven nimi. youthful in face,
and so nearly deaf that a talker has little
fun in imiking himself understood.
At the recent annual < onvi ntlon of the
National Sugar growers' assoc intion, nt
Ht. I/iuin, it was shown that the amount
of gold and silver si nt to foreign conn
trie* from this for sugar hn* exceeded the
amount of money coined nt home in one
hundred years. “And no better sugar
than w<-can make- right lu re in Mis
souri," says the Ht Louis RrjnMiran.
A petroleum region about one hundred
mile* lung mid from ten to seventy miles
wide has In i n di-eovi r< d in Wyoming ter
rilory, north of RattlcMinko Hills. Near
Independence Rock, on the Sweetwater
route of railroad, are lakes which con
tain ninety per cent, of pure soda, “n<
bottom" to which has been found to a
depth of forty fe< t. By pipe lines mid
(injected railway* Denvi r is in cxpci ta
tion of reaping the usufruct of these val
uable fiat Uriel pioduetions, as well aa of a
largely increased live stock trade.
Notwithstanding th- swia-pingdestruc
tion of cuttle during tin- war, says the
Nashville Amartnia, there are ten highly
bred auiiiud* to-day in the south where
there was one in 1860. The stock nu n
of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and
other southern States, where natural
grass, - would flourish, entered with n
seal and energy into this business, which
lias wrought great result- The south
ha> now over eight hundred millions of
dollars invested in milch cows, oxen and
other cattle, sheep, hogs, horses and
tnulns. Fully one-fourth of all the live
stock ill the Vnited States is owned in
the south.
House keeping in Japan lias few trials,
according to a lady w riting from that
country. Siu says: “Ido not visit my
kitchen once a mouth, never give mi or
der outside of a spoken wish, yet the do
nu stie m whim ry move* with mi ease mid
perfection unattainable at home by al
most any i Ifort on the part of the- mis
tress. The manners of th • servants arc
•musing, not to say startling. Even
night at liedlime our live retainer* ap
peas, provtrat-- themselve s in succession
to the earth, ami retire. This is to wish
me good night and to renew their testi
motiy of profound resp. - t ami pleasure
over the privilege of serving nn
I.a-t ye ar the Signal and Weather Bu
reau announced that »|>ecial weather pre
diction* would be tc-l-graphed to anv
place, provided the residents thereof
would provide a set of flag signals ami
make arrangement* to notify the neigh
borhood with them of the predicted
change sin the weather. The people ol
a large number of towns ami villages, es
pecially on the a-a and lake coasts, act
ing u|w»n the suggestion, bought the
n«H < ssary flags ami made the ne.-css.iry
arrange im in - R , uitly the Second Con
trellcr decided that no telegrams could
lie paid for out of appropriations forth.
observatiou and re|x-rt of storm* "except
for report* at stations." Vndcr this de
ciaion the Signal and Weather Bureau
has diacoativued th- up-eial telegram* U
particular (daces, confining its announce
ment* to the regular general bulletins.
NutE r iur too niodrM, and
HupuJent. to accomiUi»h thei
twt wvrk iu th * work!, 1 favor jast
tcoleitf tvcjuceal iiuj er tineace
The National Muwum ha« recently
plac ed on exhibition a collection of rel
ict pcMiM*aMid of more than ordinary in*
h*n*t. It inc-lu<l<■*the original draft of
the Dec laration of Indejiendenre drawn
Up at Philadelphia July H. 1776. The
signature of John Ha neo* k, President of
the Continental (V»ogr<**>*. in attached to
a doc ument giving Washington full com
mand of th<-troop*, with all the powero
of commanding general, Ik/*. 27, 1776.
Another revolutionary doc ument is one
aigned by Waahington him*< If in 17H.3,
giving a private’ hi* honorable di*rniwuil
from the army.
The Itahi'jh (N. C.) Nftrn wiys that
there are execllcnt ground* for the belief
that to Captain William Boudinot, an
old naval officer from thin utate, and now
a r<-ident of Pittnboro’, Chatham county,
the country owes the aignal service ayic
t< in now in uae. A gentleman who wa*
a fellow ofllf < r of Captain Houdinot tell*
ir that he knoKCaptain Boudinot had
jx rfc< t< d the plan of nignalling nfter
ward* adoptee] tern years before it was
heard of a* l»/ ing conaide*r(*d by tlw gov
e rnmrnt, and < orroborativej to this the
Qlim l-er learn- from Mr. Eel
ward Eve rett of V, ilmiiiL'ton, that Cap
tain B Mjelinot carried on a correnpond
e’life‘for twelve; year* with the *<•< ret ary
of war in regard to hi* theory of the aig
nal mtv if f-, when it was finally ae|opf«*<|
nnel put into mh f < s-ful o]M*ration by the
United State* government. There ia
really very little; <loubt about this fact.
Mr. Everett hay* further that Captain
Boudinot hn* ne>w e opie-s of letters that
p i u d be twee n himself ami the secretary
of war em the- subje et of his tlwory, so
that hix claim may be* e stablishe-d be yoml
epieMion.
Snm .Jones.
Os the now famous Southern preache r
the- Cine inna’.i Cotninfn'bil- finzettu speaks
as folleews: Whe re lies the power that
enable <1 thift man to preae h twie-e- a dry
(•ve ry day in the- we e*k nnel draw to eve ry
one- of his me e tingM rreiwela too large* fe»r
e ve*n Music Hall, and to hold the*m from
the beginning to the- e-ne| of his elise-ours
csf Eurthe rmore*, people? not only liste n
to Jernes, but the y read Ilia se rmems. We
foun<l the- memt eminent state smen in
Washington reading his sermons from
day to day and talking about them.
'l'he y are* elise tiAse*d in parlors, at the* din
tie r tablett, ami even in barrooms. Pe*o
ple- ne ve r tire- e>f re-aeling them. He* de»es
not re pe at himself, and this is extraoreli
nary. lie can preach a new sermon from
the* Mime* text m vend time s. Anel he
dew s not wear out, nor <l<»<*s he-ever we ary !
an amlience*.
To ineist e ritie al pe*e»|.U' Sam .Jones is a
puzzle; but the- fact remains that he* is a
great powe r. He is not a ranter. He is
not a humbug. He <l«k s not preach Sam
Je»n<**-. lb* keeps iiimself in the-hack
ground. He- places in the* fe>refront the
gre at truths that till his mind anel control
hi* life. He lx lie vc* w hat he says an<l
is full e»f hi- stibjce t. The he-ad e>f most
me n we>uhl be turned by the tremendous
< rowel* that hang upon his utterance**;
but instead of hi* being elated he see-ms
to be* huinili.itcd. Ile spends no time on
tc< hniealit ies or disputed doc trinal ques
tions, and evidently the Sermon on the
Mount and the Ten Commandments arc
hi* inod»*l. That he* does good no one
can Bucci s-sfully dispute. If people
wowld do as Sun Jones advises there
would b<* no need for eiiminal courts,
and society wouhl be elevate d and there
wou'il be happiness and contentment in
all grades of life. Os technical theology
he probably knows little, but of the
troubles that ntlli< t mankind he knows
much, ami thes(* he knows largely from
c\|M*ri< nee, and when he rotnes to talk
about th< - r he rails things by their right
nanu s. He* talks t > the people in the
language they understand.
The Worth of Missions.
Sp- nking of foreign missions Sir A.
Bivcis Thompson, the Lieutenant-Gov*
c-rnoi of B< ngal. say* they arc “valuable
in tl • cause of gocxl administration and
proper order. Missionaries shelter the
distressed, fearlessly wrong-doing,
and nrv ever on the side of a ju*t and
upright rule. They are lovcil and
trusted by the |x*ople. and are the* true
saviours of India.” Sir C. N Aitcheson,
ti c Lieutenant-Governor of thr ihinjaub,
write* “Thr changes that are to-day
N ing wrought out by Christian mi*dona
nr* in India ar. simply marvelous.
Teaching xvhervvci they go the universal
brvthrrhtMsl of man, and animated by s
faith which govs Ixyond the ties of fam
ily cast-. and rclationshi|\ Christine
missionaries are slowly, hut none the les*
surely, undermining the foundations of
Hinder sufs-rstition, and bringing about
a peaceful, rxligious, moral, and social
rx x olution,”
Kcsullh of Ills Training.
“Then's nothing like hwncsty .” said
the Indiana inn-ktxqvcT, “and I’m proud
to say every onvof my childn*n is carry
ing out the noble pnx'cpts that I infused
into their minds whrn the. wen* young.’’
“By the* wax. Mr. Hushcr, what has
Iwcome of your children!"
“Well. Harry and Dick are manufac
turing ohvqnargarinr in N< w Y- rk;
George is running a |>olicy shop in Uhi
cagv, and Lizzie and Ella are just now
Circassian girls in a Buffalo dime mu-
•cum.—
Uow to Live.
Live for giMxl that you rnay do;
Forth»- errors you may fight;
For the aid that you con give;
For th** nneds you can relieve;
For th** wrong* tlmt you may right!
Live thus -God will protjjer you.
Live for brave and noble dc«bi.
With an aim and puryxi** high,
With a faith and courage true,
With a future still in view,
Beating, when you come to die.
On God * love. To heaven it leads.
Live, affliction to console,
Giving strength unto the weak,
Giving hoj»* Ut dumb despair,
Like an answer to a prayer;
Be a help to tho*e that seek,
Oanforter to heart and soul I
Live to k*arn. and to he wise,
An<l to scatter what you know;
Live to Bwcpten sorrow h cup,
An<i to lift the fallen up;
Live for vice’s overthrow,
And to rewue truth from liea!
Live to say : “Thy will be done!’ 1
Even though it seem unjurt
To your dim, irn|>erf»<’t night;
What He ihw-th must be l ight.
Keep a firm, unwavering trust,
Diubtmg none and questioning none.
Live, that men may all lie wci
To lie followers of the Light;
Live in fellowship of love;
Live so that, when called above,
An<i you bid the work! “Good-night!”
God shall welcome you: “Well done!”
—(lenrtje Hirdte ye.
THE FOUNTAIN’
Out of the shadows of the garden two
people came into the moonlight, and i
leaned over tin- little chain that encircled j
the small fountain, into whose basin a i
marble Hebe continually emptied her
ever-brimming cup.
As the girl looked down into the water
her fingers trifled with a lily, and .she re
marked that one of the leaves hail been
breken. It is strange how wo notice
such small things when wc are thinking
of greater ones; yes, and remember them,
too. Evi r after Lina Michel remembered
that broken lily leaf, and the fluttering
reflection in the water, and the scent of
the roses, and the few wind-blown drops
that were cast pon her neck from the
cup of the lb be at the fountain in that
old garden at Munich, on that sweet
midsummer night.
The young man stood very near her.
He had a sweet, grave face, and eyes that
were as soft and dark as a gazelle’s. |
They were not unlike, these two; both
were spirituelle both were dark, both
were romantic. The tie of blood was
between them, for they were cousins,
though, as flic Scotch folk say, “far
away cousins,” and bearing different
names. They had been brought up un- !
der one roof, and Lina Michel’s mother i
had bel li all the mother the little
Henri Kleber knew. When, after a little
silence, she tumi d her eyes toward him,
she looked into his without reserve, just
as a sister might.
“It is cruel of grandpapa,” she said.
“It is very cruel, Henri. These old peo
ple think only of money. Why can they ■
not let us have pence, when we could be
so happy ? It is such an absurd idea.
You and Ito marry each other! We are I
like brother and sister. Nothing can
change that.”
“But we ire not brother anil sister,”
said he; “and even first cousins marry. I
have been thinking that—”
“Oh, don’t, don't!” she said —“Henri,
for Heaven’s sake, don’t begin to be as
bad as the rest. Be my good brother
still. It would be frightful for us to
marry. Besides, one should fall in love
first should not one? Think how ab
surd to marry without that.”
"But I like you so much,’' said Henri.
“Dear Cousin Lina, let us talk about it." i
“I will not," said she. “If you desire ;
to ipiarrel, you can talk about such fool- i
ish fancies, not else. Os course, you like
me; of course, I like you, and that is just
why it can't be. Grandpapa ought tube
ashamed of himself.’’
She paused a moment, then turned her !
lips toward her cousin.
“Give me a kind kiss, brother Henri,"
said she, “and never, never, never speak
of this absurdity again. As for marry
ing. I shall never marry any one. Why
should 1, when I detest the thought?"
Henri gave a little sigh.
“I shall never marry either. Cousin
Lina," said he; “but you sec we are not
brother and sister. You can't make it <•>
by saying so." .
Then he kissed her and they walked
back into the hoire ■•, where Grandpapa
Kleber and Granduncle Michel had just
settled the matrimonal prospects of these
two young cousins to their own satisfac
tion.
The result of the young pyxiple’s rebell- ;
ion was a quarrel.
Lina escaiHal very easily. It was only |
pnqwr for a girl to be coy ; but the young
man was so beset with reproaches that he ■
finally defied his relatives much as A i\
• •’I
did the lightning.
In his ease the lightning had the best
of it, and the end of all this was that one ,
fine m ruing Henri Kleber found hituaflf .
turned out into the world t<> neck his for- ,
tune; ami long ere his cousin's black eyes
were o|a nesi u|x>n the dawn, had left [
Munich and his furious relatives behind
him.
From that day nothing was heard of
him by his f-ieuds in Munich fur many a
long year.
Tlir old people were unforgiving.
Grandfather Kleber died and left all his
money to Lina, who had already refused
two excellent matches. Grand uncle
Michel died also, and Lina became yet
richer. At last her beloved mother also
left her. She long remained Lina Michel,
though her beauty and her wealth had
brought many suitors to her door. The
lov that she had thought necessary to
marriage -the mysterious, wonderful love
—hud never come to her; and now she
believed that it never would, for she was
eight-and-twenty. But, somehow, ever
since the morning when she awoke and
found that her cousin Henri was gone,
her memories of him had grown more
sweet and tender with every year.
She traveled two years and heard noth
ing of her Cousin Henri, and at last
found herself in Paris, at the bight of its
gay season, and there rested a dove who
had not found her olive branch.
Tiiere is no place to dream like a pict
ure-gallery; noplace like Paris for pict
ures.
Lina Michel spent many hours with
her eyes fixed on painted faces that she
never saw, for the living face that haunt
ed her; but one day she awoke to a won
drous interest in a small picture which
hung in a small dealer's gallery in which
she found herself.
It was a simple scene. A moonlit gar
den, the distance dying into undefined
shadows, a fountain into which a Hebe
emptied her cup, and by the fountain’s
brim a youth and a young girl. The
moonlight kissed her face. His was not
seen. He bent toward her, lover-like.
I His hand touched hers, and hers rested
I on one of the little posts that held an en
: circling chain about the fountain. These
were crowned with lilies, and as she
looked closer, she saw that one had a
broken leaf.
It was the garden of her grandfather’s
old house at Munich. And this was
more than chance. Was there such a
thing as magic, or had some artist watch
ed Henri and herself on the night when
she made that miserable mistake? For
that was Henri, and surely that black
haired girl was not unlike herself.
“Is this picture for sale?” she asked
the dealer.
He shrugged his shoulders.
“I think the artist is mad,” he said.
“This is the first picture any one has
wanted to buy, and he refuses to sell it.
Perhaps a price sufficient will tempt him;
I but if I give his address the lady will re
member my commission?”
The lady promised faithfully to do so.
“It is a wretched street —he is very
poor,” said the dealer, and gave her the
number written on a card. “The fifth
j floor,” he said with ashrug of his should-
Lina Michel stepped into her carriage
fXind soon, followed byvher maid; climbed
the stairs of a dingy dwelling, rapped
upon the door that bore the word “Atel
ier” upon it.
In a moment a man with a long beard,
who held a palette in his hand, opened
the door for her, and stood regarding the
apparition of a closely-vailed lady attend
ed by her maid, with some surprise.
“I speak to the painter of the picture
at Monsieur s,” said the Fraulein
Michel. “The garden and fountain. I
desire to purchase it at any price.”
“Madame,” replied the artist, “I re
gret to say that picture is not to be sold.”
“But I must have it,” said the lady.
“I am rich—anything, any price.”
“I am poor,” said the artist, “but it
has no price.”
“Listen, sir,” said the lady. “It is |
more than a picture that I want—it is a [
reminiscence. It is like a—a place that !
1 know. I beg for it. I imnlore you to |
sell it to me.”
“Madame,” said the artist, -* tree you
have a heart. I will speak plainly. Long i
ago I stood with the only woman I ever 1
loved, beside that fountain—a fountain j
in an old garden in Munich. I was a
j voting idiot. I did not even know my !
i own heart; but I know it now. I have
known it for years. One day the memory’
I of the spot and of the hour returned to
me as if by magic. 1 painted the picture
in a few hours. Then again she stood
before me. 1 saw the moonlight on her
; face. I saw her white hand lying in
I mine. I saw the whole picture. Never
la-fore could I put it upon canvas. I
know I never can again. And, Madame,
while I live, I must look upon that pict- ,
ure. When I die, I must cast my last
glance upon it. I shall never see her
again. Long since she has become the ,
wife of some one she loves well, na ,
i doubt; but I—l shall never love any ,
other. So I must keep her picture; I
must. You see that, Madame.”
And as he spoke, Lina Michel knew
Henri Kleber—knew him despite the
flowing beanl and all the changes of
twelve long years. And as he ceased,
*he threw back her vail and held both
her hands toward him.
"Henri," she sighi-d, “Henri! Oh
Henri, do you not know me?” And then
he had clasped her in his arms, and she
i lav sobbing on his bosom.
I When they stood beside ths fountain
■ fn the old garden at Munich again, they
were man and wife.
“Hope <n. h >)s ev<r. ’ tha motto of
: the man who docs no advertising; the
man who advertises has no time f«r such
sentimentality ; he is kept busy pocket
ing the receipts.
! A Talk WHh a Taxblermlst.
I “We will undertake to preserve and
' fix up any kind of a bird or animal, from
a humming-bird to an elephant, said a
i taxidermist to a reporter for the New
j York Mail and Eryrent recently, “and, I
might just well add, from a bee to mam
moths. ”
“Are there many in this city who pur
sue your art?”
“About twenty. Too many altogether
for any of us to do any decent business.
It is not an easy trade to learn. Some
times a man may accomplish it in a few
months; sometimes it will take a much
longer time; it depends upon the natural
good judgment and dexterity of the pu
pil. A little carelessness or want of skill
will often spoil a job. In the prepara
' tion of our subjects we use a large
amount of arsenic in a powdered form.
During the manipulation this powder is
shaken into the air and is inhaled by the
operator. As arsenic is an accumulative
poison it will remain in the system until
there is enough to cause serious results.
Very often a man is compelled to quit
the business in order to save his life.
Life insurance companies hesitate to take
risks on men engaged in our business.
Arsenic is used to preserve the skin, fur
and feathers of birds and animals. Sev
eral substitutes for this poison have been
tried, but none of them have been found
to be any good.”
“What do you most work on?”
“We drive a thriving business in the
canary bird line. People bring their lit
tle birds here to have them stuffed. The
owners are mostly ladies, and you can
imagine what a comfort it is to have their
little feathered pets preserved in such a
manner that their beauty and form of
feather can be seen and admired long
after their sweet voices are hushed.
“Love-birds are preserved in great
numbers. Cardinals arc somewhat rare,
and their plumage is so bright-colored
and beautiful, that when they die they
are seldom thrown away. There is al
ways a ready market for them, and we
will pay good prices for them. Love
birds are brought to us in pairs. It is
customary when one of these affectionate
little things die to bring its-dead body
and the living mate to us. We kill the
live bird and preserve the two together."
“Could the skin of a man be stuffed?”
“Certainly in the same manner that a
monkey’s skin is. I would undertake
the job, but it would cost a great deal of
money. They say that the human skin
is very much like the skin of a hog, and
that if subjected to a tanning process it
would be very thick and strong—the
same as the hog leather which is used for
saddles and trunks.”
A Check on Watchmen.
“There has been a great demand of
late years for a clock that would record
the going and coming of night watchmen
in factories, hotels and other large build
ings,” said a manufacturer. “You mav
provide a building liberally with fire
escapes, but they are of little use if the
watchman, being asleep, neglects to give
the alarm when the fire breaks out. Thus
the best of all precautions is the ‘electric
watchman’s clock and register.’ Watch
men are no better than other mortals;
they will grow weary and sleepy, and
some of them would rather doze all night
in an arm-chair in some snug corner than i
march their appointed rounds. But the
electric clock and register is an invention
that serves as the most potent stimulus
to the watchman to make him go his
rounds.
It is so arranged as to serve for any de
sired number of stations, and controlling
from one to ten watchmen if necessary.
At each station the watchman inserts a
key and gives one full turn. This makes
its unfailing record on a blank which is
locked inside the clock in the office, and
which is so placed that no watchman,
however ingenius or sly, can tamper with
it. The record wht n taken out in the
morning shows exactly what stations the
watchman visited in the night and the
time of his visits.”—Afar Tori Mail and
E-rpre»«.
Damp Beds.
The London Lanett, referring to the
death of Mr. Maas, the well-known tenor,
calls attention to the peril of sleeping in
a damp bed. As a matter of fact, this
peril is of the greatest, and it is almost
ever-present. The experienced traveler
rarely hazards the risks of sleeping be
tween sheets, which are nearly sure to
be damp, until they have been aired un
der his personal supervision at a fire in
his bed room. If this be impracticable,
he wraps his rug around him, or pulls
out the sheets and sleeps between the
blankets—a disagreeable but often pru
dent expedient. The direst mischief may
result from the contact of an imperfectly
heated body with sheets which retain
moisture. The body heat is not sufficient
to raise the temperature of the sheets to a
safe jKiint, and the result must be disas
trous in the extreme if, as is sure to hap
pen, the skin be cooled by contact with
a surface colder than itself and steadily
abstracting heat all the night through".
There is no excuse for the neglect of
proper precaution to insure dry beds.
Servants are never to be trusted in this
matter, and the managers of hotels, even
of the best description, are
careless iu respect to it.— .l ril€r
ican.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Statistics arc said to show that over
ninety per cent, of mad dogs are re
trievers, or animals so-called, and that
mongrels are much more liable to hydro
phobia than dogs of pure breed.
The generation of heat by friction hag.
been applied in England to the produc
tion of a friction still, with which sur
vivors of shipwrecks may obtain steam
and fresh water from sea-water without
the aid of fire.
A paper machine shipped from South
Windham, Conn., recently, weighed
ninety-five tons, and is declared to be
the largest machine of the kind ever
manufactured in the east. Nine freight
cars were required for its shipment.
It is computed that a twelve-inch wall
of hard-burned bricks and good lime
and sand mortar could be built 1600 feet
high before the bottom layers would be
crushed. If Portland cement were added
to the mortar the height might reach
2700 feet.
A comparative statement of the death
rate in England and Wales in the two
decennials periods 1871-1880 and 1861-
1870 has just been published, and shows
a decrease of 1100 deaths a year in each
million inhabitants. The deaths from
diphtheria and fevers supposed to be
due to unhealthy surroundings were
greatly reduced in number.
The Paris Figaro has published an ar
ticle on the “manufacture of skeletons,”
in which the writer says that just outside
of Paris there is an establishment where
human bones of all sorts are collected,
and after being carefully prepared are
fastened together with wires, and when
the work is done it is impossible even for
the scientific eye to detect anything
wrong in a skeleton that has been made
up from the bones of several different in
dividuals.
Perhaps no more striking illustration
of the wonderful reproductive powers of
certain insects could be given than that
contained in a new work by Mr. Theo
dore Wood, an English entomologist. It
is assumed, first, that 100 aphides weigh
no more collectively than a single grain;
and secondly, that only a very stout man
can weigh as much as 2,000,000 grains.
Then it is found that if multiplication
were entirely unchecked, the tenth broad
alone of the descendants of a single aphis
would be equivalent in point of actual
matter to more than 500,000,000 very
stout men, or one-third of the human
population of the globe supposing each
person to weigh 280 pounds.
An L'mler-w.iter Boat.
A boat has already been invented, and
is actually in existence, which can sink
below the surface of the water at will
and travel many miles entirely out of
sight; and many keen and fertile brains
are at work perfecting the horrible in
vention. Such a vessel, on sighting a
hostile fleet or vessel, would immediately
dive down and make for her foe unseen,
and absolutely impervious to attack.
Her enemy can not tell where she is, or
when she may blow her to pieces. She
has absolutely no means of defense.
Flight is her only resource. The difficul
ty the under-water boat has to contend
with is that of seeing through the water.
Even now there are signs of the solution
of the problem, but even if it is not over
' come the boat can rise to the surface
when she likes, take a fresh observation
of her enemy’s whereabouts, and dive
down again preparatory to the final blow.
A few such boats would be more terrible
j to a hostile fleet than a whole row of
! ironclad forts. They would be an in
tangible, haunting danger that would
demoralize the stoutest heart.— All the
Year Round.
The Weaker Force Generally Worsted.
From Gen. Buell’s “Shiloh Reviewed”
in the Century we quote as follows:
“Nowhere in history is the profane idea
that in a fair field fight, Providence is on
the side of the strongest battalions, more
uniformly sustained than in our civil war.
It presents no example of the triumph of
15,000 or even 20,000 men against 25,000.
It affords some such instances where the
stronger force was surprised by rapid and
unexpected movements, and still others
where it was directed with a want of
skill against chosen positions strength
ened I yy the art of defence; but nowhere
else. The weaker force is uniformly de
feated or compelled to retire.”
Unable to Tell.
“Hello, Ned! You’ve been getting
married, have you?”
“Guess I have, Tom.”
“Good move, I suppose? Father-in
law well off?”
“I hope so.”
“Hope so! Why, don’t you know?”
“Nothing definite. You see, he died,
about two weeks ago, and we haven’t
any information from him yet as to
whether he’s well off or not.”— YonkeAt
Gazette.
He Was in a Horry.
“Do not intercept me, or delay me a
moment,” said a gentleman to a friend,
“for I am in an awful hurry.”
“What’s the matter,” replied his
friend.
"Oh. nothing, only I have just bought
my wife a new bonnet and I want to get
home before the style changes.”— Carl
Prclzti.