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Sentinel. HARLEM. GEORGIA PVKMHIKD tVKKY TWVXMMY. J3*all*arct «<? A-*3k-1x&«k»x. CBor»llfTMUi The total annual cost to the govern merit of the 710 men empbiyod in the Vnltcd State* military band* 1* $280,724. In addition they receive from the «aving* of th- post bakvric* and from lubwrip tion- and outside earning- enough to bring their total re< - ipt* up to $206,724. be- r tnry Endicott ray« that the muxii iana arc trained toldiem, and for that reiwon a valuable part of the army. At the prceei.t time in the I'nitcd State* ther are remaining about 2‘>o, 000.000 acre* of public land for the use of the coming generation* of men. The Chicago Herald aaya that “at the rate of dbpo-al of the laat year only ten more year* of such reckless and prodigal frit tering away of the nation'* domain will be necea»ary iu order to reach the end. During the last firn al year 20,1 It.'iGl aerca were swept off the lint of the free land*." ______________ A great many people arc unaware that there arc eight amall reaervations in New York State, located in the extreme nouth we»t {xirtion. The Indiana number over #,OOO, and comiat of Seneca*, St. Jtegia, Onondaga*, Tuscarora*, Oneida* and < ayugaa. The State provide* the reaervntiona. The general Govern ment makea a school appropria tion. (.'eneral Eli Parker, formerly of Grunt'a atalT an I ex Indian ('ommia aioner, ia the hereditary chief of the Seneca*. An Indiana aeronaut aaya that a balloon Can be made to carry an elephant as eaaily a* a mouse, 100 men as easily as one man. He propose* to construct a cylinder shaped balloon 150 or 200 feet long, with which to make captive and free aacenta. He ia a believer in the the «ry that the north pole may Ire reached by a ludloon, and in no other way. Ilia plan for thia project would l»e to employ a Screw, operated by an engine to be car ried In the car. By means of thia screw the balloon’* course could be controlled, a« already demonstrated by French ex peilmont*. In Vienna the goose ia skinned before it ia sent to the market, aid the skin garnished with its down is sold as swan's akin or down. It i* thus effected: The akin of the back is slit, and the whole is drawn over the head like it shirt with the greatest care, sb as not to injure the breast. Such a skin sills for two or three-franca, but the value of the bird is lessened one fifth The carcasses lire sent to Paris, and are eagerly bought up by the work people and tavern keepers. At Poitiera there are two houses which pre pire annually 40,000 to .10,000 swan downs. England and America being thu < hies markets. The use of dynamite for proper pur po-'-B has grown with gac.il rapidity within a few years, and men who are a< ciiatomed to handle the powerful ex plosive have learned that only reasonable caution ia needed to remove all danger. Dynamite cannot be exploded by any or dinary concussion, because the molecules of the nitro glycerine arc too firmly held by the fibrous sub-tan e which it sat urates. Thousand* of pounds of it are inaile every year ut the DuPont work*, opposite W lluiingtou, and shipped iu Car* to all parts of the country. One frequent use to which dynamite is put on the Jersey coast is to blow up sunken wreik' which r.te dangerous to naviga tion. 'lhe vexed problem of whether I cea are injurious to fruit may lie regarded at Inst ns settled, at least so far as the courts of California me concerr.o l. A re- ent suit for damages liased on this question, after an exhaustive trial liefore the Superior Judge and a jury in San Bernardino County, ha* resulted in a verdict against the bees. A vast amount of "expert" testimony was given, and after a pretty thorough marshaling of everything that could be adduced in either side the con clusion mentioned »»< arrivid at. Here after, therefore, it must be accepted a* a legal proposition that bees are injurious to fruit (in California, nt hast), and the owner* of apiaries in fruit growing re gion* will have to govern themselve* a.- cordingly. A marvelous conjnier named Bautier de Kolta, a Hungarian, has appealed in Paris, and among other trick* which con founded a company of adepts assembled to witness them was this: After spread ing a newspap. r on the floor he placed a chair upon it, and then asked a young lady to sit down. He threw over her a piece of silk. which liarely covered her from head to feet lie then rapidly re moved the drapery, and the chair was empty. As noon a* th amazement of the spectator* gave them time to applaud, the young lady walked ou from the aide and bowed her acknow ledgem -nt*. There certainly was no trap in the door, the chair was of the ordinary kind, and the trick was done in a strong light. The lady, in fact, disappeared before the very rye* of the audience, but so quiekly was he trick don* that no one preaent saw tr aacßpa. U A. The st < kmrn <f '- <vida complain of the quantities of a k rabbit* which in f<«t the cr-ttle ranges and are rapidly de nuding the com try of all vegetation. I ever sin • th'- setth meat of thi.t *e< tion i..iw fl.i- anim i's b< n»o [dentlful, and unic-s s- inc n.c n* of dexWiying them i» Boon found the experierreof extensiv port on* of Au«’r..l 3 bid* fair b> Im- re p-at-d. In nriny part* of California and Oregon, w h re the rabbit* have multiple I so.-sto become n pest, they have been thinned ou by a combined move on th p:.r. of the * dt.’er*. All the leddent of n gi'en neighborhood by <■< nirnon < o • nt have t i: n< I oit for half ado in entire days, and, well supplied with min-and auimun tion, have waged -ii c- -sful wnr.aie ng.iin t the commo i incmy. By th * mem* thousands have been destroyed in a single day. Apropos of the warlike feeling in Grec-e, a prominent Greek who was iu terviewe 1 as to what his countrymen are aiming at, says: “We want Ep.ru* arid ( rcte, and other smaller territories, be cause in all rcspe- ts -historical, geo graphical, ethnological, linguisticnl and ecclesiastical -they are Hellenic, intc grid po:tion* of Greek territory, and by natural right the inalienable possession of the Greek race. Th vast majority of the inhabitants of those province* arc our compatriots, eaten up and preyed upon by Turkish banditti who have been 1-m amped there for four hundnd and five hundred y<ar*. The Turks have no more right to the post **ion of those province■ than ha* a band of pirates to the ship which they have captured by force or fraud. Epiru*, besides, was jedisl to us by the treaty of Berlin. ’ As an evidence of the growth of thrift among the colored people of South Caro lina, the Chari st on News and Courier publish)*a statement showing that one thousand and fifty even colored people of that city hiivo deposit* in the local saving* banks amounting to 1124,0110. Tin* person who has the largest deposit. $6,747, to his credit, is a pure bloode 1 African, but a born financier. He has re cnlly bought a valuable plantation for ♦ 10,000 and has paid $7,000 of the pur chase money. The Aeir* and Courier adds: “There are thousand* of active . and thrifty colored m n in the State who have bought hind since the war,and who are steadily collecting about them the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Comparatively few of the colored people entertain decided notions of , economy or h ive any faith in govern mi nt saving* banks, but the wealth they have hidden away iu old stockings and the money they are Investing from year to year in lauds mid h mses, if it could rightly be estimated, would proveto be a pleasing revelation.’’ , The advocates of temperance have vim n point in the Contest in Ohio, where the Legisl.iture has passed what is known as the Dow Liquor Tux bill, a measure sim ilar in most particulars to the Scott law, which Was defeated in the Sup erne Court. The new law provides for yearly assessment* instead of license fees, the tax on the sale of spirituous liquors being ♦2OO. and on malt liquors ♦IOO. Where liquor sellers refuse to furnish to the assessors the information required by law. the assessment is increased to SIOO. The penalty for false returns of the kind of liquor sold is nu increi*e of the assess meat to ♦250. Local option is provided for in a came which eu»| owers municipal corporation* to regulate and prohibit ale, beer and porter house*, and other places where liquors are s dd. a id whoever sells ton minor, or n person in the habit of get ting intoxicated, is t> Ih- subjected to a tineof n it more than SIOO nor less than ♦'2s. ami impr soned not more than thirty nor less than five days. If one acttion of the lavx- is declared unconstitutional, a provision is injected to hold the others intact. David Van Dvke, of Mason, Ohio, seventy year*old, owns a house and lot. an 1 that s all. and owes a Large debt con trr.eted by going c urity for a friend. As long a* Mr>. Van Dyke lived the house and lot could not be attached for the debt, under the homestead exemp tionlaw. But Mis. Van Dyke died a short time ago, and suit was nt once brought against the widower and the Sheriff advertised the property for sale. I nder the law Van Dvke could not now claim a homestead, ns his wife had died, and he had no minor children or unmar ried daughter living with him. The only way to escape was to marry again, lie thought, and so he went to Cincin nati and called on several women before be found one to suit him At last he hit on Mi>» May Jones, who was willing, and they were married That was but a few days before the day fixed for the sale, and the proceedings in execution were stopped at once The case was then argued in the ( ommon Pleas Court, and the judge has decided that it was not necessary that Van Dyke should have been a married man at the time of thr levy on the property, but that it was sufficient to entitle him to have the homestead exemption by becoming the head of a family any time before the ac tual sale. 11 . 8 The American Tract Society issued 5% MU, 62$ page* last year. THE DAY. MIIH.XIXU. The East foreshadow* the coming day. And mist wreaths mam on thn river wide: While Bwathe-1 in their robing of clinging gray. A v ul drift* in on the coming tide; Siugeth the river: “Oh Dawn, behold I !s-ar on my bonom a new-born aoul.*’ SOOM. Fainting with heat in the midday sun, Yet prone to pray that its beams abide Ix**t evening timl -th its work undone. Th* soul is tos-ed on the turning tide. :<lgheth the river ‘ Thy hour, oli n on, Cometh --an-1 gocth too soon—too soon.” NIGHT. Over the world a* ths daylight, die*. Twilight has droje-d its veil to hide- Th* [Hissing soul which from mortal eyes Is drifting out on an ebbing tide. Whispereth the river, as darkness fell, "Thy day has ended—oh soul, farewell.” Frank H. Cow erne MY IMITATION WIFE. I hnd just adjusted my tie and was preparing to leave, when mother came in. “Going out. are you, To.n? ’ said she. “Yes, ma'am.’’ • “Where, to another party?” “Yes, ma'am.” “That makes three this week, doesn't it, Tomf’ “Ye», ma’am. We’re hurrying to get through. Goin’ to hike Miss Beaufort to night, and then I'm done with the Jolly Club’s parties." Mother, somehow or other, did not seem to think very much of what I ssid. “Torn, 1 w ish you would get married,” she said, with a troubled face. “I be Here you would stay at home some.” “Well, lam awful tired, mother, and completely worn out.” “Then why don't you quit it?” , “Best reason in the world, motfier. I am neither engaged nor in love, but I’m willing to be.” It was getting late, so I started after this, but the look on mother s face set me to thinking. My mother is the best woman in the world, even if I do say it myself, and I felt worried about her. She was right. I was out nearly every evening. This evening at a reception, j next time a ball, then a theatre party and so on. Os course ( could afford it, for my salary as cashier at Hart's was a lib eral one. But I wasn't saving a cent, and my own home folks never saw me except at the , table. Even poor, old, patient mother was complaining. But I was having lots of fun. There _ was that Beaufort girl. She was a fine ’ one Could dance any kind, talk about anything you wanted, and make you have the finest time in the world. Then there was Vene Wright. She would take in the baseball with a fellow, go rowing, skating, anything for fun. Then Vene had money. That was an important item. Why shouldn't I tackle Miss Veno on the subject of matrimony. “Thomas, old son,” said I to myself, “ Vene is the one.” But Vene, somehow or other, did not exactly suit the case, and my mind re verted to Miss Beaufort. Miss Beaufort was smart, pretty, stylish and suited better, but I knew nothing about her ’ financial standing. This was an import ant matter to me in those days. Meanwhile the coupe had neared Miss ! Beaufort's. I had never been there be- 1 fore, and to my surprise fouud it to be a very unpretentions house. I confess 1 was disappointed. I ex pected to drive up to an elegant man- - sion, be ushered into a fine reception room with servants in livery, and there await the coming of Miss Beaufort. Then I expected to make a bold dash for Miss Beaufort's heart —propose, and possibly be accepted or declined by the time the party was over. But not so. A little holy with gray hair opened the door, and she was introduced to me by Miss Beaufort as mannna. Miss Beaufort was ready and waiting, so we walked out to the coupe. “Mr. Silver,” said she, “don't you think there is n great amount of snobbery in society, and lots of downright fool ishness?” "Well, yes,” said I. “For instance," said she, “here is an elegant coupe that you have brought for me. and yet the party is only two blocks away.” This certainly was very refreshing. 1 had actually squandered five dollars to have the coupe for the evening, and she did not even so much as notice it. 1 know Vene would have enjoyed a ride in it. “Mr. Sih er,"said she to me again, “this is the last party I am going to this winter." “Well, why?" said I. “Aren't you going to take in the German Club bal 1 and the others?” "No, said she. “Mamma hasn't the money; she can't afford it.” “Mr Silver." she continued, “can you afford to spend so much money on so ciety r I looked nt her. There was honesty fairly shining out of her pretty' black eyes, even if she wasn’t very polite. So I answered her honestly. “No, Mias Beaufort. I cannot? I haven't saved a cent this winter, and 1 get a lug salary, too.” “Well," said she, "I have met you cut •o frequently, 1 feel quite well acquainted with you. and I expect I have been * little impolite.” “No,” -aid I. “I am glad that you take that much interest in me." Then we changed the subject. I had a splendid time at the party, ami enjoyed Miss Beaufort’s company very much. I found her level-headed and bright, if •he was too frank. Next day I told mother about it She said that she admired Miss Beaufort for her common sense, if she hadn't seen her. Then she referred to my getting married again. "Suppose.’’ said she, “you pretend for a w eek or so that you are married, and see how it goes.” “An imitation wife," said I. “Why not?” said she. “I will write the name of a young Indy on a card, seal it in an envelope, and you can lock it in your desk. Then let us suppose that you are married to her say for two weeks. During that time I want you to act just as it the in iy wrr h -re in jier-on, and | your lawfully-wedd< d wife.” I “WI ose name a <_■ you going to write ; on the card.' said I. f "Never mind.” said she “I will write my preference, and neither of us will breathe a word about this to a living soul." W e agreed on this. Mother wrote the name on the card and scaled it in an cnvel re. I knew it was Vine Wright's , name, so I decided to imagine that Vene | was thire in person, and so wc start c 1 i out the week. Monday night came. That wa* the night of the Bachelor * t'i nnan. but I staid at home and talked to mother. Then I played euchre with h<-r for II while, and wc managed to have a very <-n oyable evening. Next morning mother met me at the tiblc with smiles, and about the best breukfa-t I had < aten in a long while. "Y’ou must imagine that your wife saw to this breakfast,” she whispered. Going up on the street car ti a‘ morn ing, who should get on but Miss Beaufort. I bowed t > her gracefully, deposited her fare in the nickel box, and was about to sit down by her when I happened to think of my imitation wife at home, and walked to the rear of the car. “Married men have no business talking to the young ladies,” said I to myself. Mis* Beaufort looked at me rather queerly, but s iid nothing, and I thought the car never would get up town. Thursday was my evening to call on Vene, and I forgot to send her an excuse. Friday, came a note from her, which mother took the liberty of opening, as she thought I would not care, and she felt like representing my wife in the desk. It was a tender missive, and some- ’ what surprised me when I saw it. But what could I do. Married men have no business getting tender notes from young ladies. Inasmuch as 1 had contracted to carry out mother’s plan for two weeks. I , left the note for mother to answer. She is a very truthful woman, but in answer- > ing the note she prevaricated. She said that I was very sick, and as a natural consequence Vene called that afternoon to sec me. but I was up toxvn and mother had to invent another story. Then mother had to come all the way up town so as to keep me from coming down town my usual way for fear Vene might | catch me. I laughed a good deal at mother, and Vene did not find us out, but the society reporter of the paper met her, she told him I was sick, and the next day all of my society friends came around, among them Miss Beaufort. Mother met her rather coldly, but in vited her to stay awhile. , “I suppose Mr. Silver is almost worn out with so much going out," said the young lady. “He is much better,” said mother, ' “but I do not think he will go out for several weeks. I think I shall keep him at home." “I am so glad,” said Miss Beaufort, “not that you are going to keep him at home, but that he is not going out so much. I am getting so I fairly detest society.” Here was a woman who had my mother's views, and they both, there upon, sat down and had a confidential talk, and pleased each other mightily. Then she asked mother to call on her mother, and this mother did Meanwhile I was staying home every evening, and getting pretty tired of it as the two we-ks were drawing to a close. “Don’t you think a man ought to take his wife out once in a while?”lsaid I to mother. “Why not?” said she. “Then I’ll take her to the theatre to-night.” So I bought a couple of re served seats in the phrquet for Saturday night, and mother, who represented my wife, went with me. We had hardly taken our seats before I noticed that they were adjoining those of Miss Beaufort and her mother. My mother xxyis highly pleased when we changed seats s > that I sat by Miss Beau fort. and my mother sat by hers. We xvent home together that night and laughed and talked a good deal. I think Mather told Mrs. Beaufort what we had been doing, but I did not hear it. I know that several days later, after my two weeks of married life xvere over, I went to call on Miss Beaufort. We had a pleasant time together, and ‘ just as I was about to leave, the old lady came in. “I forgottoask yon. Mr. Silver, what you thought <>♦ married life?” said she. Miss Beaufort looked horrified, but] I laughed. “Mother has been telHng oa me. has she?" said I. "She has,” said she. “Well,” said I, “during the two weeks I was married, I read three good books, gained four pounds in weight, and saved eighteen dollars and forty cents, besides paying my mother my wife’s board and a ticket to the theatre.” “And who xvere you married to?” asked Mrs. Beaufort “I forgot to look,” snid I. I hurried home to see who iny wife hnd been. The envelove was just as I placed it in my desk drawer. I tore it open and there was the name of Miss Beaufort. “Well,” said I, “mother made her an imitation wife, now 1 will try to make her a real one.” And so I did.— That. H. Stark, in the Current. The Carrying Power of Water. Tua carrying or transporting power of water increases as the sixth power of the velocity -a prodigious rate of increase, as may be inferred from the fact that a stream having a velocity six times as great as another will be able to transport material weighing 46,656 times as much as that carried by the slower stream. The data from which engineers commonly calculate the effect of a scour i on a river bottom are about as follows: A stream flowing with a velocity of three inches jwr second barely produced an ef fect on fine clay; six inches per second will raise fine sand; eight inches per sec ond will raise sand of the coarseness of linseed; twelve inches per second will sweep along fine gravel; twenty-four i inches per second (or one and one-third miles per hour will car-y pebbles of about one inch diameter; thirty-six inches per second (which is about two ' mile* per hour, or about two-third* the rate of ipeed of a moderate walk* will sweep along fragment* the size of an egg . —Hootou Hudpe:. ill HGET OF FIN. HI'MOKOI'H SKETCHES FKOM VAKIOVS SOL ID ES. Tiro Penally of Profanity—A Walk ing Mvaiery Commodore Van derbilt Overreached Not Afraid of Burglars, Etc. The average small boy of the present day is seldom at a loss for something to say, even in the mast embar.assingsituri tions. Bobby, a precocious youtn of six summers, hail been indulging in pro fanity, and, in order to escape the pun ishment for which his mo;h'.*r hal made preparations, he crawled under a barn and remained there in n state of siege for the greater part of th.- afternoon. NN hen his father returned at night and learned how matters <tood he ma le his way, with much difficulty, under the barn in search of the boy. “Hello, pa,” said Bobby, cheerfully, as his sire npproaced, "you been swearing, too?”— lioevfn Itecord. A Walking Mystery. A young lady belonging to one of the first families of New York returned from a walk. Her mother, who is very strict with her, asked: “Where have you been?” “I have just been taking a little fresh air in Central Park.” “Alone?” “Alone.” “Arc jou sure of it?” “Os course I am. Why do you ask?” “Oh, nothing at all. except when you I went out you toak xvith you a parasol, I ami you come home xvith a gentleman's cane in your hand.” ’lhe young lady has taken the matter , under advisement and will bring in a verdict at an early date. Texas Siftings, i The Commodore Overreached. An amusing story is told of the way in which William H. \ anderbilt overreached his father, the Commodore. William wanted manure from the Fourth avenue car stables for his Staten Island farm, and asked his father what he would charge for ten loads. “What'll you give?” asked the Commodore. “It’s worth four dollars a load to me,” said the fanner. “Goodenough; I’ll let you have it for that,” answered the railroad man, having a decided impression that j the price was a; at least twice as much | as the stuff was worth. Next day he found his rustic son with a scow just loaded for home. "How many loads have you got on that scow, Billy?” asked the commodore, in excellent humor. “How many?” repeated the son, feign ing surprise; “one, of course.” “One! why there's at least thirty,” the old gentleman exclaimed, inspecting it curiously. “No, father, I never put but one load on a scow—one scow load! Cast off the lines, Pat!” — Chicago Times. Not Afraid of Burglars. “It’s a joke on me, of course, but I'll give it to you fellows,” said a Cass farm man to a little group iu the city hall yes terday. “I have a great fear of burglars. When I go to bed I want to know that every door and window is securely fas tened. About a month ago we changed hired girls, and the new-comer was very careless about the doors o’ nights. On two or three occasions I came down stairs nt midnight to find a xvindow up or the backdoor unlocked. I there "ore deter mined to put up a job on her. I got some false whiskers and an old rig, and one night about 11 o’clock I crept up the back staiis to her room. She was snor ing away like a trooper, but the minute I struck a match she awoke. I expected a great yelling and screaming, but noth ing of the sort took place. She bounced out of bed with a ‘You villain!’ on her lips, seized a chair by the back, and be fore I had made a moye she knocked me t> my knees. Before I could get out of the room she struck me again, and it was only after I had tumbled down the back stairs that she gave the alarm. Then she went through to my room, rapped on the door and coolly announced: “ ‘Mr. Blank, please get up. I’ve killid a burglar.’ "—Detroit Free Press. Surprising Unanimity. “I see,” said the police reporter last night, as he paused to sharpen a pencil, “I see that Bob Burdette has given an account of a strike he xvent on when a schoolboy. I never was on a strike, but I ! had a lively experience in another line. On Friday afternoon when xve were ex pecting the School Board to come ar und and see the school on dress parade, the boys agreed, with one accord, to speak “The boy stood on the burning deck." Well, the Board came, and things were ! looking as solemn as a funeral when the I first boy walked out and started off: “ "The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him ba l fled; The flames that lit the battle wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.' "He went through the thing without a smile, took his seat and the second boy j started off: “ ‘ The boy stood on the burning deck,’ etc. I “The teacher's eyes opened wide, ar.d i the School Board looked puzzled, but ] the boys all looktd so solemn that the I uninitiated thought there was nothing : wrong. The second boy went through the last line, took his seat and the third boy arose. Tse silence was oppressive until he began: “ ‘The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all bat he had fled, The flames— ’ “But that was all the further he got. The teacher rose in his might, marched the entire crowd off to a burning deck adjacent and thrashed the whole ca boodle.”—Atlanta Constitution. Swift's Snow Storm. “Talking about the signal service and i its bad luck in the weather prophesying I business," said a station agent, "let me I tell you a little story about Swift, Super- : iutendent of Telegraph on the Rock Island. Some time last winter the Sig- I nal Service people told Swift they would ■ furnish him their bulletins if he would undertake to send them out and have them posted along the road. Swift ac cepted the offer, and thought it a big thing. He had instruction* sent out to all operators concerni- g posting of the , weather bulletins, and felt so proud of the new service that he went aro.ind l ; bragg.ng wliut a go >d thing it would ib ■. Ina few days the Signal Service i predicted a very hi'iivy ■u w: storm, and Swift sent word to tlie Su|>erin end'-nt*. suggesting tint they had bettor make i arrangements i i advance to keep the tracks clear of tl.e unusual fall of -now sure to come. “ ‘Now. you see.' be -aid. ‘how vain able this service is to uta Ir.wd. When that snow comes we'll be pre) arid for it. and not a wheel will be stopped.’ “Instructions were s nt out to station agents and section bos os, an I in some places gangs of extra laborers were hired to shovel snow. But the »:iow storm didn’t seem to be in a hurry. The dax pa-sed as bright and clear as one could ask for; the night following was equally pleasant, and the next day started in a clear as a morning ia June, with no sign of snow to be discerned. “The boys couldn't stand it any longer. First one sent a messenger to Swift in quiring ‘Whore is that snow storm;’ and ! then another took it u > and sent in his question. In a few hours Swift received about five hrndred me-sages from Illi nois, lowa. Mi-souri nnd Minnesota, in i quiring where that enow storm was. and when it might be expected to arrive at the sta’ion of the inquirer. One of the boys wanted liis storm sent by express and another asked what snow looked like, anyway. In this way they kept it up until' poor Swift was ‘knocked out of the box,’ as the ba-eball people say, and after giving orders that the Signal Ser vice reports sh mid be fired from the road he went home and stayed there for thirty six hours.”— Chicago Herald. No Fun In the Judge. Two Dakota lawyers recently had some trouble with a new judge and were dis cussing the subject. Said one: “You got thirty days or $lO3, did you?”, “Pay the fine?” , “No; couldn’t. Thought thirty days in jail was good enough for me. Whal'd he fine you:” "Fifty dollars.” “Pay it?” “Yeq that is, my wife’s father did.” “Os course—l didn’t suppose you raised it yourself. What was it you called the old judicial snoozer?” “I was telling him that his counte nance reminded m • of a fre’ght-car which had been to a smash-up and that in his various rulings he leaped about from wrong ideas to untenable premises like an insane jack rabbit—when he socked it onto me.” “Y’es. Now that’s the usual talk and the old judge never objected. I put it a little stronger und told him that I could only explain the unheard-of rulings of the court by the supposition that they came from a man with a spavined intellect and then threw my coat and hat and yelled: ‘Come down, you ancient antiquity, and I’ll xvhale enough sense into your shat tered mind so that you can hold a posi tion at pounding sand with a ball club! Lemmy get you and disfigure the fair face of nature by scattering your worth less remains around this judicial district!’ He said it would be SIOO or thirty days and then went on and decided the case against me.” “Y'es, that’s the way it goes—it seems he can t take a joke. It strikes me that if this administration is going to send many more of these kind of judges out here that the entire territorial bar will be in jail. If this is the way they are going to work it there don’t appear to be much encouragement for a lawyer to take right hold of a case in earnest and moke Rome o| eri her mouth clear back to her cars and howl.”— Estelline (Dak.) Bell. Earliest Methods of Measuring Time, The story is that King Alfred had no better way to tell the time than by burn ing twelve candles, each of which lasted two hours: and when all the twelve were gone, another day had passed. Long before the time of Alfred, and long be fore the time of Christ, the shadow of the sun told the hour of the day, by means of a sun-dial. The old Chaldeans so placed a holloxv hemisphere, xvith ahead in the center, that the shadow of the bead on the inner surface told the hour of the day. Other kinds of dials were after ward made with a tablet of wood or straight piece of metal. On the tablets were marked the different hours. When the shadow came to the mark IX., it xvas nine o’clock in the morning. The dial was sometimes pla"cd near the ground, or in towers or buildings. You see, in the picture, two sun-dials that arc in the Gray and Black Nunnery in Ottawa, the capital of Canada The old clock on the eastern end of Faneuil Hall in Boston was formerly a dial of this kind; and on some of the old church-towers in England you may see them to-day. Aside from the kinds mentioned, the dials noxv in ex stence are intended more for orna ment than for use. In the days when dials were used, each one contained a motto of some kind, like these: “Time flies like the shadow,” or, “I tel! no hours but those that are happy.” But the dial could be used only in the daytime; and, even then, it was worthless when the sun was covered with clouds. In order to- measure the hours of the night as well as the hours of the day, the Greeks and Romans used the clepsydra, which means: “The water steals away.” A large jar was filled with water, and a hole was made in the bottom through xvhich the water could run. The glass, in those days, xvas not transparent. No one could see from the outside how much, water had escaped. So there was made, on the inside, certain marks that told the hours as the water ran out; or else a stick xvith notches in the edge xvas dipped into the water, and the depth of what xvas left showed the hour. Sometimes the water dropped into another jar in which a block of wood was floating, the block rising as the hours went on. Once in a while, some very rich man had a clepsydra that sound a musical note at every hour. — Popular Science Monthly. Thunderstorm in a Clear Sky. Captain Anderson, of the Briti-h bark Slddartha, which lately arrived in New York, reported a peculiar thunderstorm while on the the northern edge of the Gulf Stream. Tl.e sky was quite clear at the time and the sun shining brightly, although there appeared to be a thin mist about the ship. Suddenly there ap peared a vivid flash of lightning, ac companied by violent thundi r. The compass was cause! to vibrate percepti bly for a period of fifteen minute*.