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AH  IHDEPHIDENT  FAHILT  NEWSPAPEK,  DEVOTED   TO  LITEBATHRE,   LOOAL  AND  GENEBAL  IHTBLLIOENOE.
$1.00 PEB YEAR.
VOL. I.
JSTAZAKETH, PA., FKIDAY MOBNING, JULY 15, 1892.
NO. 3o.
An English paper says thst ••shortened honeymoons appears to be in vogue."
Kinty-fire peV cent, of all the money transactions in the sssoouted banks of New York are aocoi^plisked by means of checks and drafto, living flre per cent, of the total bnslaesi to be feprsseated by coin or paper laone
Tbe   Dallas   (T George   Xliot's   sa trust MS edncate inoumfulness that "So do those wl thegreslest edi
Kesrs'
qaotes lag,   ••Those   who aad* adda; with s eid^ence,
*.::|B1iey sre lid."
Thh tat engbt flsfJIs ;^g and proa- per, excUiBU OaA, IVesk. At tbe sge of two 7*ais dUpsSM Burdon, of Pro¬ vidence, ttm^tmgfmnern and floated around hi seien^ libt of water uatil hU grandfather handed liim a pole, to which be ••caught on."
Perhaps, masss the Kew Tork Com¬ mercial Adrertiser, science will some day teach as bow to use petroleum fn militsry operational wbeo we wlll have aa agenoy by which oar harbors may be converted into Infernos to consume the navies of the world.
Itie Japaaese oommunity in Ban Fiao- dsco, (3al., and aeighboriiood, nnmbers
about 2500.
^BBaear—!=ss=SBsa-S!»
' A writsr ia Oiehard and Oardsn saya that "tlw sffiss from tbe Bloe Ridge region froas TltginU to Qeorgia will lead tbs wboh United Ststss u respeot to flne ««ility."
ThiN Is gtest oomplaint in EngUnd, Fraa|a and Germsay of the tendeaoy of tbe ijMl^fiVBlation to leave tbe oouatry and ^ wlwge towns. Tbat U the case here, adds tbe Atlsats Oonstitutioa.
Bditor John Bolivar Reed, of tbe Botte (Montana^ Intermountain, is making an odd collection of checks of rich Vootaa- iana who could not sign theii asmss. He bes several authentic instit^oes of of miners wlio didn't learn to write un¬ til after tbey wore wortb a million. Af¬ terward ther invariably ran for offloe.
Tbe Carson (Nev.) Appeal says that a UttU inaeet that fastens itself oa tbe wire feooes ia tbs fall, aad exudes s sticky, glutinous subeUnoe, is often re- qpoaslble for brokoo fenoes. The Insect remains glued to the wire aH winter, and in tbe spring the wire parU at that point.
t-iJi—    a eia   i >i i m ¦»
Tbesa are just 1187 aalllioasires in Hsif Tork City, sccordiog to tbe Tri¬ bune's flnal reckoning. The Vander- bllto count six, tbe Ooulds four, the Mors tbree, the Ooelets four, and the jjnelanden OTe.whiU the omnlpreeeat Vh   family   lead   sU   tbe   rest with
dt.
^he Bering Sea offers lees sttrsetioas
\adian   poachers   thla   josr than
Vkims the Saa Pranciaco Chronl-
^Weryfewofttaa  tal  kteiiaed
/take any risks, aa sas thgf saMy aoa-.
^jfAkriAm^tarttsBrmtagtukt
ing arrangemenU will prove a ' success." .^ '
The revelation that slectrieity U work¬ ing U ahown la the auction sale adrer- tUed, in Ute Boatoa Traascrlpt, ot ttOO, 000 worth ol stables by the West Snd Htreet Rail waf Compaay. •Thsolaetric oanlaga," coatasaaU the Traaaeript, ••tbat'U persmbulaliog Commonwealth avenue aad our subarbaa soads now¬ adays poinU the sray to stilt greater ehangea—whea hevay tesoss sad^ cycles will dischsfga trmmi^kthgg^ and saddle borsea and mskuMRles, in town at Uast, ahsaluteIj,^SB,cesa»ry."
I Angelina Brooks, who is a raoog- 'niaed aatbority on all qoeatlona of kin- desgsrUn me.boda, haa recently devoted ber tiaae te a careful inveetigatlon ^f the cotbatoae children in thU city, uys the New Task OomiMreial Adrartiesr. She hss aaesrtsine^ tbat thsre sre 149,000 boys sad giris betwaen the ages of foar and six wbo spend their lirei in the etrsets and never onee see the inside of a aehool. She is trying to enlist sympathy for these anfortaoata waift wbicb will ¦Mssstely lead to ths sstabUsbmeat for I of free kindergarten sehool.
Tbk ontshiag power of domestic sor¬ row it strikingly msnifest in tbe lives of two queens, remarks the Chicago Oraphio. The sad later history of the Empress Sugenie U well knowa. Kot so well, howerer, U that of the Empress Elissbeth, of Austris, who, once noted for eqnsi besuty, hss now lost both that and brilliancy of mind. ' She U expect¬ ing to summer at Carisbad in strictest priraey.   ^	
A company has been incorporated in Kew Jersey for the nunufacture of nembranoid, a faner leather msde from tripe—nothing else than taaaed tripe. The pateat-offloe authorities "^lasisted tbat tripe was tripe, no matter through wbat chemical proceas it might hare beea put, and some time ebpsed and there was mucb parleying before a oom- prasaiss wsa sflseted on tlie aame of the prodaet oow called membraaoid. Thta new apecies of leather is ssid to be pretty and durable.
A SUMlf BIV8 DAY.
Bhtek bees on ttM  elovsr-bsads drowstty rifaighig. Whsre taO, fsathssad graasss and battar- oopssway; And all tkres^h tbe flelds a whits qirlaUe otdabise Optsi-syed at ths setting at day.
Oh, tbe heaps of swest rosss, sweet elnna. moorosas, ^
In grsat crlmsaa thlAsts that oover the waUI Aadfloehs of bright bnttsrfllss giddy to see
And a sanny bine aky ovsr aU. TrsOIng boaghs at bm ttmm drooping ovsK
tbslr gHmaasrlng    laose
tbabsdgea, Whsrs spidsrs
havespna, Andbresaea that bsnd tha light tops of
willows And down throagh  tbe
nm,   *
Bflvsr-brown UttU birds sitting oUee hi tbe bnoohss. And yallow wings flaahlng ITan hfllook to iret. And wida-wheeUngswaUows that dip to the marshes And bobolinks erasy with gUa
Bo crasy, thsy soar throagfa the glow e( the
And warfaU thalr nistrisst notss as thay
By, Kcv besd how tha amtha hover Uw in the baUows, Aad the dsw gathsrs soft U the aky.
Thea a roond bsanslag mmmm &ertt
A   prosperods   OeriMn   reaidSg   ta Ameriea writes of  a recent ndt to hb native country, thus: "Ooo of cavalry U ferlia. of meu oa^Sring
self.   The   nezt couatiy, snd aot very~ Ital  I  saw  a  sight eae*^.    One plow,  and   tbk
kim-
lato the
the csp-
thst was  pitiful
wsa boldiag a
beiog   dragged
througb the esuth by two othsr sad a dog harnessed tOBtfcrf^ Umtk, tben, were iwoj^pgfff^ua, horess •»* "»• *<\|MC>?aapedag sbout Berfaa, a end dogs doing the work of men and boisss in the country I"
It U sesertad that after this year the Uailad Statea will not only be abU to slop importlBg frait, but wUi begin to ke a fsotor ia supplying the asarkets of the worid- The eitiataU U that Kew Tork will have 30,000,000 pounds of fruit from OalifornU alone tbis summer. Vast fruit trains now cross the continent .in eeven days, aad enabU the growers to hsrvest a riper product than beretolore. Ariaooa and Ore^n are ooialag to the treat as fruit sules; Mississippi U getting (soKNis for tomatoes, and Florida oranges sad OeorgU peaches are always sure of a (oady stsiitat. lbs outlook has acret iieea eo promising.
Praak LeeUe's Weekly states that the ttate of PennsylranU shows the Urges! peroaatage of foreiga bora adult males who ijm sMmh, the percentasre ia that Stato baiae M.tSal Iha tatat aumber. nprmagimr^Bt^ gmaaga. U bm rfmathid Vmw Xarit, lM,tU fanlga- bora adalt malss, or 2118 psr aaak., ant alieas, sod ia Kew Jersey, 41,877 or M.87 per eant. are alieas. Kew York ahosrs the gassiest na nber af aaturaliaed fuaaign hnrn adult malea, thare belag ia «tat State 4Ifl,S6l. or 6X74 per oent. of tlie total aaaher of foreljpi-bora adalt BsaUs retupad. Iha oity af Kew Tatk shows tbe IstfasI paresotsge of ft^eign- bom of tbatslst papuUtioa, tiis foreiga eUneat la that eity representing iS.SS par eeat. .el^tba- total population as against 3d.4«pv eeat. ia 1880. Baffa¬ lo sbows 38;00 psr cent, of loreign-bora aa sgsiast ttM pm eeat. ia 1880. Brooklya sfaa»s tt.tt pet oeat., aa ia- eiease from 91.90 per eaat. in 1880, Iiong IsUad Oity bsa s forsiga-bora nopuUtion of 98.f7 per oaat., wblU in I the foreign-tsra elemeat in tbat was S4.S7 per cect. of tbe total L||aaal tUm-.g^lPIp pimem mowa gttii-
"Ibere'U no Oovenmient in the civil¬ ised   world,   ezoept   poeslMy   Bismis, whieb U not to aome extant nader tbe dotaioation of popular opmioo," deolarea Heary Loomis Nelsoo ia Harper's Hsga- siee.    "The preaeat Emperor of Oer¬ maay Uthe moat viriU moaaiinh ia Eu¬ rope, bot he dsre aot oppoee loo griev¬ ously the will of Us subjects.     If thera b aay written inatrusaeat of goverameat powerful beyood all otber Uws, it b oar own Constitotion, for it b  the ruU of aetioa prescribed by the peopU for the gnidaaoe snd conteoi of their sgenta. Bnt tlia  history of  the  Federal powar tmim tbat titare b a power above the Ooastltatloa, aad that b tbe power'ot popalar opiaioa.    There have often beea times   whea the Oonstitutioa lias  oot atood ia the way of the Poole's will. Evea the Supreme Oourt will abssge Ita mind if tbe people are persialaaS.      It lias not beea always necessary far papa- lar opiaioa to demand  the biaehiag sr flexion of the Oonstitutioa; H b ealy neeeMsrythat it should appiova  what has been done.   The purchases af Lou- isiaaa and Alaska,  aad tiM  assay in- atanosa of executive aad legislative acta doriiW the war of the rebelUaa thst were clearly beyond the ooaititutiaaal graati of power, are oases in poUt trhieb will oc¬ cur to snyoae who U st al/famlliar with oor aoastitutioaal history."
MaMng paUrtiM Isidsaad IheShadews more deep. Aad tbramgk the wMe  assadows a  asar-
or Useoto too happr lo sissp.
Kochantad I sK en tha baak by tha wlIUw And tliu tha Uat aiatehofa roltUUM
Haavs% Ikaowta mybaafittbjraae. —Mrs. A. O.Woohon, U Boston Tnusoript
LOV£ AND LUCJC.
¦T nojM roaaasT aaavas.
' Undar a spread!ni obeetanl tras^ The vlllaca sasltfay stand*-"
RETTT    littta aBwood
Mrs. Perkias oame for tbe srtist to es¬ cort her home.
"And you've been all thb time doing that UttU bit of workf" ssid Mrs. Per- kiaa.
"Oh, I haven't worked all the ttme. Perky!" impatiently spoke the giri. ••Besides, one csn't hurry art."
As they strolled Slowly down the shady road, Elms suddenly stooped aod pioked up something.
"What's thatt" said tha governess, lifting her erisp flounces out of the dust. "A horseshoe—sn old, common horse- dioe. Put tlist down st once, Mbs El¬ wood!"
•<Wsit for s moment. Perky I" cried ibe girl, mshing away thr^h the boshee. . ••Pre forgotteo something."
Hslf s minuto Uter, she was down in front of tbe eloeed smithy, balancing herself on the identical buttomut-wood stump.
With a round stone for a hammer, sbe drove in s rusty nsil, and hung the thin old horseehoe over tbe door.
"There's good luck for Loub Dsl- seDt" she oried, ss she sprang lightly baokwsrd. •<Tske care!" said s voloe bebiad ber. And tbea she became aware tkat Dsl- sell himssU hsd emerged from the 1»ow- ery shadow of the trees, snd that sbe hod nearly knocked him over.
•'Is thst for met" he said. "(Hh, thanks!"
And pUdng botk hands ligfatly on ber sbonlders, he idSssd her, driven by aome aadden impulae for wbiob be himaelf ooald aosrcelyseeoaat.
Xhna Elwood tnmed eoarlet sil ovar; shs rabbsd ber ehe^s to effsoe all vee¬ tlge of the offense, snd atamped her kid- abod foot in the aand with futile passion. "How dato yonr* she criad. "How dare yonf
Aaid like a flying aystph she vanished into the dense shadow of the woods, laaviag the young man transflxed with sarprise.
"Wby does she makesocAi s fossf be ssked himself. "She's oaly a chUd— bnt good fato I what a beaatifai child I" Ha reaohad op and took doem the tbe tbin, old hotne sboe aad put it in hb pocket. He and the piotnresqne, long- besrded old Uaokamith bad qaamlled that day, aad he meant to leswe WyndaU with lbs Inaak of the morrpw's  dawn.
••Ill take my luck with to blssself. "Ood bUss tMnkug of mei"
teachers have reoentiy srrived from the East, and if we are to get to work—"
"But," said Elms, patting the dear old wrinkled band, *<I don't really soe any particuUr reaaon for our getting to work."
"Ehl" gasped Mrs. Perkins.
"Yon see," went on Bbns, "Mr. Dsl- sell b engaged to thst flrst love of bb. He hss given rae back the hbTaesboe,snd as I couldn't think of bresUng the cur¬ rent of luck by taking it from tlie house, of course I mnst stay here."
"Oht" said Mrs. Peridng. "Tben It's tmet He's tbe same young msn tbst kissed you wben yoa were hugiag good luck up over tbe smithy door—the 'nn¬ der tbe spreading cbeataut tree yotmg maa't"
Elma nodded assent.
"Oh!" again attered Mn. Perkins. "But you ssid you never, never would forgive him."
••Dont yon know. Perky," ooszad Elms, the aadaclous, "wbst the BIbU says about forgiving peoplet Anyhow, it's all settled, and we are to be marriad rery soon, and you are to live here witk us slways.   Doee that pUn suit yonf
And Mrs. PerUns ssid thst it did.
SOIKMTIMO AMD tNDVSTKIAL.
e," he said child for
U
bows OB thew! dow-siU, sad
oattsttmiba -Ug UaJbeape,
" Axe you ready for btvskfsst, Mbs Elwood't" primly demanded Mn. Perkins, the  governess, ss she a^nduiad ber nalU at the aiarbU wash-
lost a ysar sfterwsfd oldl Msjor Bl- woM ttod, leavina hb sfliJabpai "^ mmpdledi dud When th«Uwyen had mpuHmti Ung enough oar the busi- mglgf,Hi,-gas1onakily an kneed that •*¦—I —^-^ttgyuft tp u ahlM to tal^oa. ^
••What am I to J,
i^lQi big, biht eyee oi spprahaa.
Bad salt meat b said to have cholera on a British vessel.
It b rumored that Dr. Psstonr bss db- covered s cure for epilepey.
Psrta of s msstodon hsve been na- earthed near Sherman, Texss.
If oork b sunk SOO feet daep in tbe ooean it will not rise again on aooount of the great pressure of tbe water.
Experienced pUnten in the Booth now raise the male -cotton pUnt, being thus enabled to seoure the seed irlthout tbe lint or ootton.
Three broad patento on eleetrio kwa- motives and electric railway qrstoms, ap¬ plication for which have been flled since June 8, 188A, have just been issued to Tbomss A. Edison.
The Oeneral Manager of the Wboon- sln Central RaUroad ta reported to have said that all the trains on thst line will be ran by electricity before the Cotiua- bUn Exposition b over.
Tbe greatest enemy of sobbrlisn tsto- phooe and taUgraph poles b the wood¬ pecker, whose search for the audseroas lasseta wliich inhsidt the wood often U
"Ke. sndseia
Ooma batt, Peiky," saM tke
mmm,  'Uai ril sbow yoo tbe.
afPem   picturesque old bUok-
SBitb's dUp I taU you of—the one I'm
tdmu
oaing to/abeWh thb aftemooa."
"Vt past slgbt. Miss Btwoed, snd yon knaiw yow grsndfather sttsehes great iaportaaoe to puactuaUty," begaa tba
Bsferring to Uio recent aUrm Pottsville caused by tb^ fear that a leak¬ ing ^ mlgfai bunt tbe PbiUdeiphU lArigJK ssys. "Thsre b something wrong sbout dam building In Pennsyl- raaU or the water reeervolra of tbe Stata waald be able to withstand sammer storms." Ko doubt, abo says the Kew Ygrk Herald, tbb wamUg ta aeeded, not only la Peaosylvania, but la other Btatae, aad espeoUlty ia all localitiee where the topography admlta of a aud¬ dea oonoentraUoo of torrenttal rains. In eloudtrarsta the deecendlng sheet of watar gnins grester foroe thsn Urge meteorites wlUob have burled themselves in solid rook. Is the etoudburat at Port ElUott, Texaa, ia May, 1883, halUtoaes fell ia beavy msssss^sad lay la drifta six feet deep On Swoetwster Oraek. Aftsr tbe (sasons toraado al HolUdsysburg, Psnn., In 1838, tke ssrfh pratanted ths sppear- saes of hariag heea boasborded, not by dropa, bat by maasas of wator, exoava- tiag bere sad tbere "a great hole or basta." To be storm-proof, dams ia aioaatalaoas dbtriota shoald heresfter oa amply stroag aaoagh to rasist sueh aqasoas ertlllery dbehsrged JtAt it tbey csaaotbs bailt only U the
Rlgbt there, over tho top of tboee mouatahi pines, Ferity," oompoeadly oontiaoed EUsa, sztaadlag ber tUm fiii^nnsr ia s dus aertheriy direction along Uie vsltay of the river, "yoo can just see the odd UtUe three-oomerad ga¬ ble peeping out throagh the trees—"
"And Uieie's tbe beU, now," ex- cUfaned Mn. Perkins, witb a UttU aer¬ voas start.
"AndthesmMi, amlghly ama tabe," Hummed Elms, beginning to tie back her curb with a fillet of blue ribbon. "But not aeariy so baadsome'ss Ihat young ap¬ prentice of bb, who flxed the crooked nsil in SwsUow'ssbos, yeeterday. I won¬ der if I could sketoh tbe placet Tobe sore,;! hsve hsd only seven lessons, but oo« most try oae*a wbip aoiaatimes, you
kaow.'l
Mrs. Psrklas sinigktened Emma's sssb, gsve her enris seversl twitches thb Wi9 sad that, and dragged her into the bsaaklMt-nwm jttst ia tisss to avert the iwaal moming lecture from old Major Smwood on tba avib of Uto rising.
Bat tkat aftaraooD, iu the pnrpU soft- nsM of twUight, Elias msnsged to evwle her precise guardisn, and alip ofi into tbe woods wTUi her sketoh-book.
And sbe was sitting on s moss-oush- ioned rock, srarking wiUi sil! hsr might, when Loob Dalsetl strode toward tbe epriag for a paU of wator.
The sleeves of hb eed flsnuel blouee were roUed high up on the forearm. Ha stiU wore hb stained Uatbepi apron, and hb short, chestnut curb plainly re- vssUd themselvee throagh the rifta in lib tattered straw hst.
Hsd he but knawn it, be aaver bsd looked bettor in hb Ufe; yet a deep flush of mortiflcstion rose to hb brow as be encountered the pretty twelve year old damael U whita, with tbe shady, rose- garUttded hst, and tbe aoft Roman sasb tied loosely around her wabt.
••Oood afternoon !"ssid Emnui, calmly. "Please step s UttU to oae side, Loob, if that Js yonr aaete. I'm trying m sketch the smithy."
DalxeU ventufsd; to glsnce over her iboulder.
"It's besuHfol," ssid he. "You esq simost see the wind blowing thst sweet brier bush I"
< "Yes," oom^acently observed Um ar¬ tist, i'l tUnk itb ratlier good."
•'And the UtUe dog sitting by the door~it Jnst cssotly as natural ss Ufe!" be added.
Ella fiowned.
"The UtUe dog, as you eall it," ssid abe, "b the stump of the old tree. Dont stand quite so close, pUeael I csn't move my elbow."
Dalaell colored. He to(^ ap bis pail sad moved on, ^
"I'm always saying tbe wrong tblag." aaid he, la a sort of dseperstion.
Elms hoped she bad npt offended the youag man. Bb« ratiier Uked hbn, al¬ though it was awsrkward for bim to, mis¬ take t>- " liiiMlMliril '*1*'* ^<«>
snd •
, wba bad
sitttstioa as Eng- Ug-sdiool, bar* of her own sSlSry
Elma's edaeatlon
"tm^BbUJULA^^ dog.
siaa l»d dumay.
bcMabiif
totatmgok tkessiu of ks' goonatWalUyHall;
••A teacher's dkWtall raess,"asid shs, "bat I cant beer the idta of hav¬ ing the poor, Uttle dasr bouad ont to s trade ar stood ap bahind a ooantsr. And, really, her valas Bight be made lometbiog of."
All theae thiagf happsasd years sgo, snd DsBveras wU aot tbe big caty it b aow wliea Mia. Perkias snd her adopted daughtat daeidad to oast their Uta ia the shadow af tke BUok HUb.
••Mask b overdsM ht the Baaton Statee," aald tbe gaad az-govamesa,. "Bat I thiak we'll naake a try for H here, Ebaa, dear. I'm told that if we can internal that rioh iron man that Uves in tbe castelUted maation out beyoad Plasa River, hb influence caa do every¬ thing for as."
¦'BaallyI'* Elma's dimples danced roguiehly. "Wbat a very curious sort of a penon sa—Iron maa must be I I'm very curious to sse bim. Perky, do you kaowr'
Kooeenee, my desr!" cried Mrs. Per¬ kins. "You know wbat I mean per¬ feetiy well. He's mads hb fortune ia tbe iron busiaess—raibsrays, aad that sort of thing. And Pss goit^to call there thb very sitemooa, ta hai|issk hb reooaimeodalfOas sad good oAaas."
"Ob, Perky, nmst I gat"
"Of oonrse you mnst go, ahtldt"
BUaa BUswood aat trasdhllaf bt Uta graat aatrance hsU of tks Moreaqre maaakw, oa tbe south abore ml the PUaa River.
The aunshlne gUmmarad oa the floor of roee and whito msrMs; giaat myrtles aad bUssoaihig Ismoa trsss tiled the sngiss, snd a low esay-abair an a tiger- skia br the door, was dfiflad over witb newspapers. Preeentiy Miw. Perkins mmt sBsUlnK bnck.
••He wUl be witti f^ pmssatty," ssid she. "Reslly, my deer, he'e quite a young man—not st all the bald-pated railroad king I expected to see. And he b moet k^ and gracious, and has promised to recommend us everywhere."
The door opened and the iron man en¬ tered, foUowed by two or three m-igaif- Iceat hounds. Elaaa apraqg up with a cry,
"Wby," sba exeUfaaed, "It'a Loub— It'a Louis DsUeU I"
Be held out both hb hands.
"I cant hsve cbsaged ap vary mnoh UmsI" said he."
At the saaw inatant Elma'a eyee caught aight of a strange objeot above tbe arched doorway—a gold-pUted horse¬ shoe, woro thin st the ends, witfa bere snd there s bent nsU in ita ourvs. Loub's' g^aaca followed her own.
"Yss," said he. "it's Ute very horse shoe. II has done ita task, Mua El: wood—it Ims brought me luckl Miss Perkins," be added, turning to the elder Isdy, "I shsU expeet you and your young friend to remain here as my guesta for the present. I kava a Urge, house, and I am a lonely stsa."
"Ohl" said Mbs Perkins, her eyes be- coBoiag Urger thaa the isasss af her snectseU gUasss.   "You'rt aat asrrlsd
"Ko," ssid Mr. PafaMll. '^Mmo I Uft tbe Bast, I fell in lava, f aball nevor marry nnlU I osn many liiat flnt tove of miae."
He looked Bbna fnU in tba spfi ss be spoke. She colored. Hsr laB|| Uabes drooped.
Attbe and oftbe aaontb Msl. Par- <> the ezlgaacies of
itter what—at esdi meal, ptoren very effective.
. .??!i^.^ J.. ..appMhas just bsea re¬ moved from the throat ot a msn st tbe Camay Hoapital In Boston, Maaa., the flrst operation of the kind in thai ci^. A canosrons growth liad startsd la the aOaemtpiet.
Thm eleatriesl apparatat for sxIraetiBg taath without pain baa an arrangement of sdjuatsbU nrongs, carrying buttons and oonneetad witb a battery. The trattoaa are plaoed over tbe nerves lead¬ ing Irom the teetb to tbe brain, and a oiieait ta eetabUsbed Uie momeut the ex¬ tracting ittstrument touches the tooth.
TtltXt ot compound armor pUto at Sboeburyness, Enitlaad, are beld to hava deeaonstrated tbat, wben these pUtee have baen submitted to tbe Trssiddea sappUeseatal proosss, thsy possess now en of Ttabtsnrn sad endnrance muoh ex¬ ceeding tbe compound pUtes tried in this oonntry ia oosspeUtioii with nickU pists.
Tbe longeet spsn of tolephone wire ia the world b said to croM Um Ohio River between Portsmouth, Obio, snd South Piwtaoioatb, Ky. The wirea apon the riter from a poU on tbe Obio side, meas¬ uring 109 feet shore groaad, to the Kentucky hiUs on the oppoeito sids, the dtatanoe being 3773 feet* between poles. Tbe wire ta made of steel sod ito sfaM b Ko. IS gauge.
Haw Ckiaasa Catak SkrlMp.
"There ere some very curioos fbharias carried oa by theOhlnese on tbsPscifle eosst," said an ofllcer of Um Uailed States Fish Commission in Wasbingion reoentiy. "One of the aaoat reoarkabU is the catohing of ahrimp, whiph ta sa Important industry in San Frsncisoo Bay and adjacent waten. Theae UttU crOs-,, taceana qpon being captured are ts^sk ashore snd boilsd in big iron vsts,^aftsr a rude faahloo, holee being soooped onl of the side of a steep baok fir flre- plaoee, which are built up with stonss. After tbe shrimp have remained ia boU¬ ing water for ten mlnutea tbey ara mwesd out to dry npon bare ground. Oao suoh shrimp ysrd st Hunter's Point ta sbout flfteen aores ia extent. Tbe CUnets nee brooms, shaped somewhat Uke hoes, fw spreading tbe shrblp and to torn tbsm st the required i^rvab.
"After being thoroughly dried by ez- poeure to tbe sun for sbout fivs dsys ths shrimp sre crushed by being tioddsB upon by Chinese in wooden shoss. TUk proceM looeens tbe meat from Um siMlb, which Utter ate removed by ahaklng in a baaket or by paasing them through a ciude fanning mill. Both meat aad sbelta aro then packed in sscks for exportaUon to China, where the meato ate sold for fKid and Xhe sbelU dbposed of as a fsr- tiliser for tea planU,rioe and ao forth. AU claaaes of people in Chins eat tha asests, although regarding tbem as inferior to the native shrimp, which are compan- tiyely searoe and proportionately datrer. Both meata and shelb are fed to fowb, with remarkable egg producing results.
"Anotber inteieating fishery proee- outed by tbe Chinese oa the Psoiflc Cosst is for abalones. Tbeee beaatiful uni¬ valve mollusks are lound along the rooky shores at low tide, oltnglng t) the rooks above the water line. Each sheU b slightly lilted, so that the fisherman eaa thrust S sticif under it and pry it off; but, if alarmed, the anlmsl abate dowa iu valve, so that it can only be removed by breaking it to piecea. Tbe meata a|a takea from the shelU and boiUd oa ^ore ia veto made of sheet iron, Sheito snd OMSta SN tben packed in seeks and forwarded to San, Fnnoboo, wheaoe mott of the meats are exported to Ohiaa, and the shelb shipped to Fianoe, the Utter being highly valued for their beaa¬ tifai motiker-of-pearl."—BalUaiore Amar- lean.
A   mnn nlrrsys
whnt he wonld
THE MERRY SU)£ OF LIF£.
•TOBZai TBAT ABB TOU> BT THB rtJUXX MMM OP TUM VMMBB.
Mo Plistoorat BearohlnK Vor Air— Couldn't Caaovstaod It—Not Uo. sirstble, Bto., Kco.
In sommsr nooodays moeh he Uves
Upon the paas to lie, Bagardlses of tbe stirring worM
Tbat aaadly malMB by. And from hb graasr eovsrt thsre
The bine expanse to aean— And yet ba to no mOUonaUsk
But lost a blred man.
-Hsw York Hssald.
stands'for aomethin'  telUn' wby she's goin'."
"Msylw II does. An' judging from s ooupU of hours I speat In {•er nslgbbor. hood, It probably refen to <pisnos, parrota, and children."'—Washington
StST.
ooDum'T mmansTAaD rr.
"I beg your pardon, ms'sm, bat yonr aooonnt b overdrasra."
"Dear bmI Why, Pre got a wboU lot of checks Uft."--Chicsgo Kews.
AS TOO hooa kT rt. Hustler—"To think tbst s msn spends one-tUrd of hb Ufe in bed t"
'Slowboy—"Humph!   It's the   other two-thirds tbst'trouble met"—Puck.
sacaar or Ksjprnrass.
WliTks—"Yonr UttU wifs b s verit- sble ray of sunshine."
Mfaiks—"Iadeod she b. Bhe believes everytUag I taU her."—Kew Yorit Weekly.
TBOOnV   vs.   FACT.
Profsssor—"For aaatomiosl ressons a womsn csnnot stand aatong as aman."
Yonag Lady—"Igneeayou never saw s womsn having a drsH fltted."—Kew Weekly.
we
koi pasmAat.a.
"I believe we sil bscome wbat eat," said Fadby.
"I bope not," retaraed Nnpop. "If wa do, my baby will beoome a milk¬ maid."—Puck.
uaar on a oaAk soaraor. Tsble—"Do you Uke to hsve  that young BiUlngton eaU to eee Miss Ooolng-
Lsmp—"Ko.    I sm always put ont wbsn he'e bete."—Puck;
naa oomkbxt. "Ian't thb chrysanthemum   ¦ flowerl"   asked   Mn.   Snooper four-year-old haby girl.
>Yes'm," replied tbe tot,   ••but   ita bsir aesds brushia'."—Pock.
pretty of ber
THE ramraBT ooimiTcnMi.
Railway Official—"Mr. Beetna, yon sre the oldest oondnctor on the rood, snd I am sorry to say that you are more tbau snspected of knocking down fiures, Tbe evidence sgsinst yon Is conoln^^as. After next Moaday you will be out Ha job, and I trast thb witl be s yon aa tong as yon live."
Conductor—"Yee, sir. Yon have iJ^ ways been very kind to ma, Mr. Ovarua. May I aak one faror before I go—juat onel"
"Yee."
"Then I wiah yon'd tell me wbere I osn buy about s hnndred shsree of atoek in this bloooting rosd. Fve got s bsap of money thst un't esming snything."'— Chicsgo Tribnne.
¦ow OOOLD mt
A msn hsd csUed npon oae of tbe homeliest women in tbe dty, wbo not Ung before had bad ber portrait painted. The srtis; had done hb work well, from a friendly and social point of vUw, and tbe tody was correspondingly pleased. She wss not so blind as not to see, how¬ ever, but the pUtore was, ss oas adgbt ssy, a UtUe "ideaUaed.".
As she showsd it to ber calUr tba ssid;
"There, whst do yon ¦UOak of itl Don't you think Mr. —— hss rstber flattered met"
The gentleman looked nt the picture, looked at tbe lady, and with an elo¬ qaent sigh, answered?
'*Ah, my dear Mn. ——, bow emM a painter sit in your company aad not flatter yout"—Chicago Jonrosl.
bBlect sirriNeB.
„j       j_ horrid Mra.
jua^mto tbs mountain tbe air."
"Yea;  wbst she is sfter b i sbt."—Frsafc LssUe's Weekly.
JIO mau* oar it.
"It's getting warm, ian't itr said one youag ottiosen ut anotbur which bad just enCRgad from tbe shell"
••Yes," replied the other. '•That's tbe reason I Uft ofl my ova ooat."— Judge.
ooaa.
Jsok Ford—"Do yon beUeve that s faUaw ever did aaade a aiistske snd kim Ibe wroag girl in the dark, you knowr*
Torn DeWitt—••Ko; how the deuce eaa a aasa kias Um wroag girl, sayhowt" —Pack.
TBB ogokL uniur. Sbs (wearil;)—••My bsad aches aw-
faUy." He—••What have yoa lieen doingt" She—••I've   been   (rying   to   decide
whether that barjgsin   I  got to-dsy st s
bargsin-oountsr b s bargain or not."—
Msw York Weekly.
okjat IO TaLL.
Mias de Flatler-—"Kow, paps, b my bat oa strslghtr'
Mr. de Fintler-'-WeU, Mbe, I sboald aay that from ita plentitude of decor- stten It was not cnily on strsight, but in every otber diteeUon tool"—Judge.
A MAa or   TOtXCiirAL. . _ .
Mrs. Oibble—•'Ko, you csnnot msrry Mr. Oophsst. Rich ss be b, he's a saan nttariy devoid of prindpie." , BUaOU>bla~"Indeed! Wdl he bss enough principal tb bring blm in aa in¬ tereet of about 190,000 a year."—Boston Hews.
vaAonoas.
Msmms—"BeeeU how niany dstsn hss yoar new pUyaastot"
Baasie—"He bas one, msmms. Hs triad to fool ms by asyiog thst he bsd two hsif-sistan, but I guem he dida't know that I studied fractions."-Ksw York Boa.
vAa rnoM Hom.
A smothsred shriek desoended psrlor- wsids about 9 a. m.
"Pspamust hsvs bsd anig^tosie," Uta azplained.
"Ah," stobed Um youUi. "I wonder U ba'd lead It to me to ride home onl" —Uaiper's Bssaar.
A aaauu rawM a obild.
LitUe airl—"I love oata; don't yout
Very old Msid—"Ko, I bate oata."
"Whyt"
••Beesoss thay spratch."
•'That's beoause yow atroke them the wrong way. You pes to treat cata dif- faraat from fdhs."—Lifs.
¦an BXAOT WOBIIS.
Honsekeeper —"How's thbf . You pOMni^sd to ssw soeae wood if I gave ypu a laach." '.>
Tramp—••Irsostt no saoh prondss, madam.
"Thaidsaf I tdd yon Pd give voa s luaob if you'd aaw aoma wood, sad yon sgiasd."
•'Psrdoa me, madsm. Your exsct words wsre: 'I'U give yon s lunch If you saw tbat wood over thsre by tbe gate."*
••BiaoUy.   TUt's jnal wbst.I aaki."
"WsU, madam, I saw thnt wood ovsr tbers ^ ths gate, ss I oaaas ia."—Ksw York Woekly,
"So
W<
mta iKPaaasioK. Mb. Bilbo Onmroz.
Jav Oonld says tbat at oite Ume he bad only a dime in all the worid.
Tbe flrst paper ntiil in tbe United Ststee wss erected at Korsriob, Conn., U 17«fi.
The deepeit mine in the world b the roek salt mine near BerUn,which b 4176 feet deep.
A colony of bees attaoked a horse m Leslie, Ga., aad eo savssdy stuag Um thst he died.
Squln Beastey, ¦>f Aberdeen, Ky., has- the marriaf,c ceremony fot peopU.
bnilding bi   the of'^lian^on.
laesta,
The   andenta ritooted inthe suilsoe of the Wl      ^^
Tbam b a rsd ksnPRoin IheTioadon Zoological Gardens. Ita color b caused by a aeeretion frooi tbe skin.
Tbs flnt book printsd in the Englbh language wsa a "Hbtory of Troy," which appeared in the Utter psrt of tha yssr 1474.
Forty-fonr fsmiUes in s town in Ksa- sss hsve alt thdr food prepared by a co¬ operative cooking clab, whkh boa been in esbtence two yean.
The Urgeet telephoae switchboard in Um world b thst ia the exchange at BerUa, €Mraaany, where 7000 wires ara oonnaelsd with the msia oflloe.
At tbs preeent rstalMHHMAjB^the Americsa   ptodi Uaited Slates srUl pounds daring the
Daring the  reigu EngUnd 71,400 persona wsre exsci Tbe Uke has never been ':nown In tbahb tory of the weld beforo or rinee.
The largest town clock in the world ta in the tower of the GU^gow Univer¬ sity, at Glasgow, Scotland. Tbe clook weighs about a toa and a half, and has a peadnlnm weighing SOO prunds.
Miles Darden, who was living in Ibe 8tat7 of Tenneesee, In 1867, waa the Urgeet man known to bUtory. CU« U thin summer elothea. he wei|^ed IMT (Cue thousand and tbirty-sevea)
Tbat nothing b mora easily thsn an lunbreUa or csne, b psaasii bf a reoent sale of uncUimed property by a railroad oompaay. Ibe Ut oomprbad nearly 9000 umbrolUs, moro tbsn 1000 sticks aid 300 parasols.
The messUs bacillus bss bean disoov- ered st last, snd It b aaid to be an odd¬ ity even In the bacilU line. Be aver- agee one two-tbouaaodth of an inch in leagth, and b etudded all over with UttU apikeleta wbieh atand out aa thicker upon bb body as do the hain oa seaterpilisr.
A Daat Deleeter.
Some carious color phenomena hsva been observed by .Tobn Aitkin when air b suddenly expanded, and have led to the constiuction of a new inetrumcat aalled tbe '¦koniscope," for roughly de¬ termining tbo amount of Imporitisa in tbe air. The instrument conslata siBtply of an air pump and a tube twenty iaebas long, prorided with gisss ends. The sir to be tested is dnwa iato the tube, when il ta motatt ned sad expanded. If oomparatirely few duet particles sro praeent, say 80,0()0 cubic centimeter,the color b veiy faint, bnt a blaa of iameai- ing depth oocun aa the pertidss increaae in oumber, tiecomiag a very dark blue with 4,000,000 per oubU oeatbaetar. I'he koniscope makes it easy to traee the pollution aridag in our homas from open flames snl other causes, and to separate puro from impura eurrenta in the rooms.—Trentoa (N. J.) American.
ng away,"
•n sent yoti
Weaderf at Worker Bees. Bess most, ia eider to oolUet s pound of cUver boaey, deprive 69,000 clover bloetoaas of their aectar. To do thb the 69,000 floweis muat be vidted byan aggregate ot 8,750,000 beee. Or, hi othar worda, to cdlsct hb pound of bouey one bee muet ntsks )l,750,800 trips from snd to the hive, "rbaenor- moaa amount of work hero iavoived pre¬ cludes idea of sny one bee evar Bring Ioag eaougb to gkt))mtt.pom thsa tbe fraction of s ponnd of neetstiae aweeto. As bees aro known to fly for aatlss in quest of sultabU flelds of operation it b clear thst a single oui^ce of honey rc- pri'^rnl'' millions ot mllea   of travel.     It
l&EED.
THE NEWS BPITO
Baotam and BflddloMtata^.
Jomi Xim tsaa, aged sixty, was T " fcUUdbybis nephew   Martin Ds ' Great Barrington, Masa., U a qa money.
GovaasRMi Asaarr aad twentjr-liva I sitamiia reviewed a parade In hoaa* |' Omtannlal at FStarson. N. J.
it of Defaulter Daaaft I 'atioaal BavUzs Bank at , , b |«M.«M. Mas.  PountsKi was picking a moontaU'naar Mill ^talr-M.. a rattleanake attadied bef.' ^Bhe the reptlU by the neck and smashedl with a stone, but not hethre tbe
St bla (Sags In bsr arm severd i. Nl flve boon aftsr belag bitten.
PoasiDXirr   Aim  Mas- HARRisoi. WaabUgton by snedal trdn on tbelr , to Loon  Lake ia the Oatskflla, whero Mrs. Barriaoo wiB pasa tiw sammer.
Tbs iion.aaiest nicn employed far tha stavedorsswanaMsoked at Baffalo. R. Y.. by 960 strfflAsc onion mea who paHed tbem with brfokbata A riot ensosi* and sevard msa wera iajarad. Six t .tag striksnwssv arrested.
Joan DowKwoois a Brooklyn (N. T.) newspmsr oompodtor, fatdty shot and stabbed Ua wife and then flrsd two pistol balMsUtohlsownbaad,infllotiBgai ' wound.
Taa WUta Squadron took tha 1 selto Kavd Batidloa doara BostuaJ Ug gan praoMea. Qn tha CJi snastaof Admlsal WaW*. WSW Oo? and Mrs. Roasdl, Oaasrd Dalton, Osnm-al Donahne and Oolonala Cannlngnam nnd Roaaell of the Oovsroar's stdt, and several ottydBaialr.
Tka President aod Mra. Harrlsoa ar- rivedat thalr oottage atLaonLake, X. Y.
TsmeUvantb Utamatlond ConvenMon of Ike Toonx Peofrie's Sodety at Cbristian En- dsBvor hsM a these dava? sseakm at tbe Madbon Bqoara Oarden, Hew York Ctty. The afteraoon and evenlna: esssloos trara at.» tandad by an arerage of 0,000 pac^e andj as many aaora wsre tarned aaray.
Tna  paren in  If ew York  Crtydedpr thsir strike off and yidded t<vt~
Sonth and West.
Rtvtm JoBgtom, Lanra  Lewb aad Bwansoa,   dl   of   Ht.   Pad,   Mian.,   a drowned wfaUe  boatinc on  Spring
Joaara.   Zaonarb aad   Ha thrae brothera, agad twentr-flra and thirteen, ware drownecl U near Hnron, Cd.. wtiiU I
Taa Arapahoe Indiaaa ara < danee on their near a atioa  ia Tenikarj to the great alarm I ~ aettlsra near by.
Jonaa, ths  oolorad  man whoJ Mra. Tisaer,  waa taksn from a..aiidhaocsdbys
sda asst ^Topaka,
Btato tiohst.   The pUMana
naaUattaa ot Cleraland Snd t
SiiSui sea the decUratlona of tba ^
dnarasitiaii.   It alao deelarae |
SaafaOarJt
FAToaa    WAnacH    a« "tog, by   lBdl(
Tna eom TdiUury ai
kaown for flftscn yeani; also latanlalug.
A SOOfootwdl mnnl Uewa  RaUroad  yard fall  and  klUed ttirea m* Hogan and Ball
v3^
        ililniitan.
Jtfafltjn lianandatHam tloa and It baa I dsnt.
A TaiaoatM waa reedv'idnt tbe] PsaartiBsnt from Spaoiai at nrt Tbwneeod, WasMU thsnaeraof tha oaptnra br t tsrQorwtaof the BrttA sapply CgqdUnntaAUskaar  --"^
U
lilssii hi sgrrii rhsl	
Heaa Watlaaal.Oommlttae, arrai^a hb biislnsss agaira
Tna rraddaat hoa s%n«t tha Appraprlalioa  bill aod appropriaMngaSO^OOO ttm mStmatQtmgtX W. T, Hhasmaa Ugton.
Qnaaaai. J, <X KaLim, reUrsd, appdntad Oovamor o( tha " * UWaaUngtan.
THnBsrgsaat-at'Araiaof tha to   " —
lasi aaws Bwa itooMstsad, aaoatdederemitemsnt at BdlatiiM wera sent br the V
TeUcraph Oompaay ovar the to «M Pmadaat.   T
wara with the Presldant 1   . ot opea bostUlties.    The Tetamph Company alao ssnO thaCeEfaielcaoeieat tke var
CBAaiaa J. Oanr. Spaaksr of tbe ot BstMsawSlvss, has baao renominsM CoogroM at Oordalsv Oa.
Tna speotal eeeamtttse of tha _ ItoisrsessitatlTSs whtoh tavsaUgatai i aioa Borsaa haa asads a rsport rsoo- tag that the Hones pemarssdattan i tagU^ra-ovdr— --
tm,— _     -      _- Oenerd Wyasan, (^
Berrkse,  the (Taitsd   	
partment  haa taksn stspsi SbUfectlaa of the b^ arrlrlrlng at New   Yo distriots of Burone.
TsnHonao Mrr aoki bas bsen v- tbe Stata Department as tbe new! of the Japanese T sgsMsa at Wsahl
MaaaLT (000 money erisr olBossI setabUshedlatsty.
P'oomtgim.
Haaar-Jf. STAiturr, the besndsfeaa Farllaaaant Uboral-UakmlBt I
Taa ootorioos mnrdarar kn ttaaa Haddt has been guiUottnad ot^ PTanoa.
rrvB rscmiM wno wera on Maaatsr, Osrmany, to report fdr ) gHt skytarfciag wMle  croealaR thP!
Wsrra,aMltl	
aU drowned.
Tna thne msn whooanssdIheJ mine flra ta Bohemia, by thalr Uvea have bean ssntai ttoww thebemlng wiek, tot bodetotwoyears^ sad Haw fessed.toelAtayai^^
Aanaav cUanai   . a»astar,haa raedvsd tba i U Ahstdssk kta gift e( MOOO to thai
TaaiysMht
Marshd Algeria the tattsr foandered.   I? tsadtat ths wreak two ehildrso wsro drowned..
Tsn loesm by tha raoei: aai, Odta,an«rtlosat<«d
TamT-oiia heodita
sjgMiasstsin htastleror aant (Mm Santiago tan   oholera    '
tki'i^starhlillt   Klll'illir