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TJTTC BURLINGTON FREE PKBSS : THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1001. HI I Washington, Nov. H. In this discourse Dr. TaliuaSo shows tint tlm good or evil we do returns to Mors or blast us; text, Isaiah si, "It Is ho that sittcth upon the circle of the earth.' While yet people thought tnui "ie i world was flat and thousands of years before they found out that it was rMind, , t-.ii. l ,v t.rt. intlmnled the rJiann .. .. . . .'" of it. God sitting upon the circle of the nr . The most beautiful figure in all cnrtli. The most beautiful figure Reometry Is the circle. God made tlie universe on the plan of n circle. There are in tho natural world straight lines, angles, parallelograms, diagonals, i oi quadrangles, but these evidently nre not ' tlod's favorites. Almost everywhere where you find him geoinetriziug you find the circle dominant, and if not the circle then the curve, which is a circle thnt died young. If it had lived long enough. It would have been a full orb. a periphery. An ellipse Is a circle pressed only a little too hard nt the sides. Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, shows what God thinks of mathematics. Then are over 153,000 columns of rocks octngo nal, hexagonal, pentagonal. These ioek seem to have been made by rule and com pass. Every artist has his molding room where he may make titty shapes but b .chooses ono shape as preferable to a (others. I will not say that the Giant' Causeway was the world's moldliiR rooti but I do "say out of n great many figuri God seems to have selected the circle i the best. "It is bo that sittcth on the cit clo of the earth." The stais in n circb the moon in n circle, the sun in a ciic! the universe in a circle and the throne c God the center of that circle. Appreciation of this would correct th architecture of churches whose shape ; often a definnce of divine siiRg-tio-"When men build churches, they ought imitate the idea of the Great Architei um) put the nudience in a ciicle. knowit thnt the tides of emotion roll more "i' that way than in straight lines. Six tho sard years ago God Hung this world on of his right hand, but he did not throv it f.ut in u straight line, but curvilineai with a leash of love holding it so as u bri. g it back again. The world tnrtcr from his hand mire and Kdenie. It ha liern rollinc on through regions of moral ier and disteiimer. How long it will roll God only knows, but it will in due time make complete circuit and come back to the place whe'e it started, the hand of God. pure nnd idenlc. The history of the world rocs in a clr rle. Whv Is it that the shipping In our day is Improving so rapidly.' A scientitic i shinbuilder says it Is because men nre ini'ating In some respects what the small wits deride, the old model of Noah's ark, not as we see it in old time pictures, but as it really was according to the nccount given. Great ships have we now, but where is the ship on the sea today that could outride n deluge in which the heav en nnd the earth wer wrecked, landing all the passetiRcrs in safety two of each kind of living creatures, hundreds of thousands of species. The AchliM niirntM of l'omolony. 1 omology vill go on with Its nidiieve mei,t. until after mnnv centuries the wo! Id will have pluni and pears equal to the paradisaical. The art of gardening w.ll grow for centuries, and after the Down. tigs and Mitchells nt the world bnw done tluir best in the far future thu art f gardening will coine up to the ar bo. Mccnce of the year 1. If the makers ot colored glass po on improiing. they may in some centuries be able to malic, something equal to the east window of York minster, which was built In the jear VSM. We are six centuries behind those artists, but the woild must keep on toiling until it shall make the completo circuit aud come up to the skill of thoso very men. I the world continues to improve in masonry, we shall have after awhile, per haps after the advance of centuries, mor tar equal to that which 1 saw in the wall i.f nn exhumed I.ugllsh city built in the iime of tlie Itomans, 1,000 years ago, thnt nsortar today as good as tlie day in which it was made, having outlasted tlie lirick aud stone. 1 say after hundreds of ears masonry may udvunce to that jioint. If the world stands long enough, we mav have n citv os large as they had in nld times lSnbylou, five times the size of T.nn1nn Vim r-n Intr, the nnttClieS Of ICngland, und you find them making cups tiul vases after the style of the cups and Vasca exhumed train Pompeii. The woild is not golug back. Oh, no! Hut it is swinging in u circle and will come around to the styles of pottery known so long ago as the days of Pompeii. Tlie world must keep on progressing until it makes tlie complete circuit. Tlie curve is in tho right direction; the curve will keep on until it becomes the circle. Well, now, what is true in the material universe is true in God's moral govern ment aud spiritual arrangement. That Is tho meaning ot KzoMel's wheel. Ml com mentators agree in saying thnt the vhoel means God's vrovldence. P.ut a wheel is nt no use UT.less it turns, nnd if it turn it turns nround, nnd if It turns nroend it moves in a circle. What then? Are we parts of a great iron mnchine whirled around whether we will or not, the vic tims of Inexorable fate? No! So far from that I shall show you that we our (elves mart the circle of good or bail ac tions aud that it will sorely come around sgaln to us unless by divino intervention It lie hindered. Those bud or good actions Our I, Adwrtlsers ar nmong thu leading merchutiu nf tha town, uud t'leir j Ads. i, Interim! day aftrr day, show to tha most I, rasiiul observer Unit they i Pay. I I HANDSOME COMMERCIAL PRINTING I.lhe a handsome wonwn, always attracts attention THE FREE PflESS , does hamUoma printing nt very iiltr.ictlvn prices, bend tho Free rre yuur Jnu work, imd you will uo pleased LrrVTir f it mny make the circuit of ninny years, tmt come back to us they will us certainly as that God sits on the circle of the earth. Jczehel, the worst woman of thn Ulblc, Shakespeare copying his hndy Mac beth from her picture, slew Nnboth be cause shn wanted his vineyard. While the dogs won- cfltliiR the body of Nnboth lilljah, the prophet, put down his com tin fcQ nml marked n circle from those docs clear around to the doss that should eat the bodv of Jezebel, the murderess. "Im- wn l0 otly ,,0uts at Which the cir posslble'l" the people said. "That will ' ,.los j(,in, ti. K0d and the bad we have never happen." Who is that being flung 1 ,i011P COmlnR back to tis unless divine in. out of the palace window? Jezebel. A. terrcntlon hinder- coming back to us few hours after they came nromid, hop- jj.t, welcome of delight or curso of con-In- to burr her. They find only the palms demnatlou? of"tlu 1 am s and the skull. The dogs Oh, I would like to see Paul, the Inya ii u evoured Jezebel and the doKs that lid missionary, at the moment when his divot ell Nnboth-oh, what a swift, what influence comes to full ml.. 1. s inlluence mi a fu circuit' ' : rollliiR out thn.URh Antioch, throuRh Cy an a ful circuit. !rus, throURh Lystrn, throURh Corinth, The Circle of ( entnrlcs. ,,,, A., il.mucli Asia, through Hut it is sometimes tlie ease that tins , li-cle sweeps through a COIltllry or through many centuries, l lie worm Man- with a theocracy for government that is. God was the .president nutl em- Peror of the world. People Rot tired of n . . .... . theocracy. They said: "W don t want rectl- inferfer g w Ith ho nffa Is of Tho me worm, miu " world had n monarchy. From a moii- nrchv it Is roIiir to have a limited mon- n i eh v. After awhile the limited mon archy will be Riven up, and the republic- an form of government will be every- ilnminant and recognueu. 'i lien ..i,i .in ..t ili.,..l nf the renubllcnn the world will get tiled ol tm ripuuucan - .fek. .i,nt nnd it Will linVl. nil ,1 h ,; 7. mnent at all ? And then all nations finding out that j s. .::::!"!!" yzlrJZ. racy and say. "Let God come back and conduct the affairs of the world, every stop-monarchy, limited monarchy, re- publlcanism, anarchy-only ditTercnt steps between the first theocracy and the last theocracy or scginents of the grea. circle of the earth on which t.od sits. Hut do not become impatient became you cannot see the curve of events nnd therefore conclude that God s govern- ment is ro'hir to biiak down. History .nu ..a ,li lii tin. mnkinej of tlie nvra- mim, It took men two years to'drag ,., t,,, f,.nm tin. tiunrrv and out r , t r men" hnrt lived " r , . i. inn nt nrn th wnrh: k i mi m iin 111 u, l in- not God In the building of eternities afford to wait? What thouirh God should tnko 10,000 years to draw a circle? Shall we take our little watch, wuicli we nave to winn up eery night list it run down, nnd hold it up beside the clock of eternal ages? If, according to the Hible, a thousand years arc In God's sicht as one day, then, ac cording to that calculation, the 0,000 years of the world's existence has been ooly to God as from Monday to Satur day. Hut it Is often the case that tho re iVoinXr thoTtur is mud; ! bound nuicli completed. You resolve that you will do what irood von can. In one week' you put a word of counsel in the heart of a bali bath school child. During that same week jou give a letter of introduction to a yoilng man struggling in business. Dur ing the same week you make an exhorta tion in a prayer meetiug. It is all gone. You will never hear of It perhaps, you lmnj5i for. years after n man comes up to you and says, "cm don t know nie, do you?" Vou say, "No; I don't remem ber ever to have seen you." "Why." ho i-i-ii j. ....... ..u .. . .. .. .. .l. 1 t centcd th offer. Yni, see t int euliell I with two towers yonder.' "os, you say. He snys "That is where I preach " or: "Do you see that governor's house? That is where I live." Tho Circle of Oond IJcciIm. One day a man comes to you and snys, "Good morning." You look at him nnd say: "Why, you have the ndrnntage ot me. I cannot place you." He says, "Don't you remember thirty years ago giving a letter of introduction to a young man a letter of introduction to William 13. Dodge?" "Yes, yes; I do." He says: "I am the man. That was my tirM step toward a fortune, but I have tetired from business new and am giving my time to pU1nn,-()pies and public interests. Como . . ,. Or n man comes to you nnd snys: "I want to introduce myself to you. 1 went into a prayer meeting some yenrs ago. I snt back by tlie door. You arose to make an exhortation. That talk changed tho course of my life, nnd if I ever get to heaven under God I will owe my snlva tion to you." In only ten, twenty or tint- . V ' , t0 own ,.1!lU.ful heart. ty jears the circle swept out r.'id swept. Bn,..rti.m.s it is a wider circle and Iocs not return for a great wnue. i saw a bill ot expenses for burning Latimer and Hidley. The bill of expenses bus these items nmoug others: fil llllns' Pence. :t i One load of fire (aunts Cartage lor four IcaJs ot wood. Iiom, a post. ltcni, two chains... ,,u.-p... Item, four laliorerj '- 8 making in all 25s. Sd. Thut was cheap lire, considering all the circumstances but it kindled a light which shone nil around the world nnd aroused the mar tyr spirit, ami out from thnt biiniiiig of hutimer nnd Itidley rolled the circle wider und wider, stinting other circles, convolutlng, ovct tunning, circumscribing, overarching, all heaven, a circle. P.ut wdiat is true ot the good is just ns true of tlie bad. Y'ou utter a slander ngnlnst your neighbor. It lias gono forth Iroih your teeth. It will never come back, you think. You havu done the mnn nil the mischief you can. You rejoice to see him wince. You say, "Didn't I give it to him!" That word has gono out that slanderous word on its poisonous and blasted way. Y'ou think it will never do you any harm. Hut I am watching that wind, and 1 see it beginning to curve, nud It curves nround, and it is niiuitig at your heart. You had better dodge it. You cannot dodge it. It rolls Into your bosom, und alter it rolls iu n word of an old book rolls in after it, saying, "W ith wdiat measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again." Tho Hcho of J'nut Misdeed. You maltreat an aged parent You bo grudge him tlie room iu your house. You lire Impatient of his whimsicalities nnd garrulity. It makes you mud to hear him tell the'same story twice. You give him food ho cannot masticate. You wish ho was away. You wonder if lie is going to live forever. He will bo gone very soon. 1 His steps are shorter and shorter. Ho Is eiilm- to stop. Hut God has aa account to nettle with you on that subject. After awhile your eye will bo dim, nnd your gait will hnlt, and the sound ot the grind iug will be low, and you will tell tho same story twice, and your children will wonder if you will never be taken away, 1 hey called you "father once; now tney cull vou the old man." ir you uvo a xew years longer, tney win can mi mu - . . ... . ... .i... n - rlmp." What arc those rough words with which your children are accosting you? l liev are the echo of the very wnrus used in the ear of your old father forty yurs ago. What is thnt which you are trying to chew, but find it unninstlcablc, nil your jaws u'lie, nnd you surrftider ho a'temrt? Perhaps it may be the gris which miii .save lo your father tor his rcnklV-t l i ty years ago, A goutlr ii n passing nlong the nvenue aw a - ti d i '.ting Ids father into the savs, l was in ine n a mam senooi eniss ---f ---- . , . - over which you were the teacher. Ono witli this life. It rolls on through hefty Sunday you invited me to Christ. I ac-I You mig lit nuote In oppos Ion to . no Tcot by the hair of the head. The Rf-n-M'timn, outraged at this brutal conduct, vvas about to punish the offender, when die old man arose and said; "Don't hurt him. It'll all right. Forty years ago this morning I dragged out my father by the hair of his head." It Is a circle. Other sins inny be adjourned to the next world. That circle Is made quickly, very quickly. Oh, what n stupendous thought that the Rood and the evil we start come hack to s! Do you know that tlie judgment my j.:ro. through America, through the .... , I,,..il, fi.- nmtlirW tlll.0,Kh tenty centuries, through earth, tliroiiKli heaven, niul at last the wave of intillt,,1C( having made full circuit, ,,. sflllI oh. then 1 would like to 111.1 iriiiuu . iii"'"K'" .... , , , N(, mp mn tho wuL. aWl.r,, (ho drc,0 of p ,lllh,enco save the one who Is scaled on the circle of tho earth. 1 should not like to see the countenance of Voltalle when his Inlluence comes to full orb. When the fatal Hemorrhage chcA hjm nt eKi,ty-three years of age, ! .... .., ,,,,, ,.,,. ''ho ,ni,.t , 1 his Inlluence did not cease. The most " '"""" , , ' , 1 )rill nnt nml, of century, he bad used - 1.1 , M. .J ... I .. t th ,vhlenlng out through Germany, vpars UlIlt lll,vu pmo s,lr(. ii?il. wIJi;nni, through earth, widening through thu preat ;(,.,., until nt lust the accu- im)iltP(1 it!uence of his baleful teachings , llssni.,l nf(. ,,-ill beat neainst ills (lislimvo,i s,,iHt. nnd at that moment it wm he enough to make the black hair of ,,u,nl., darkness turn white with the lior- tor 0 on(1 rnll t,.u illiw tlitt bad man's Ilimlell(.e girdled the earth save the one . , sc.nt(Mi ih,. circle of the earth, .. , .......... , '"ZZnivatnt Merer. " """"p ' ' "Well, now." say some, "this some rcsnccts n rorv 'Mil inoory ant; in oui- ... ... '1'3 11 " back to 'lns."!p back to brother, that circle can brin i i... . ii..K.,.rii.i'...tJii 10 prou uiui m;u m u v' i fore ves a man the sins or ins past me ne'er cot e back. The wheel may roll on and on but you take your position be- , hind the cross, and the wheel strikes the , i. i r fci, .in. off from the circle and fall at r'lRht , cross ami l niui-irii-u f"." do is, after some difficulty has been set tled, to hrlng it up again, nnd tiort win not do anything like that. God's memo ry is mighty enough to hold all the events of the ages but there is one tiling that is sure to slip his memory, one thing he is sure to forget, nnd that is pardoned transgiessions. How do I know it? I will prove it "Their sins nnd their iniqui ties will I remember no more." "messed is lie whose transgression is forgiven." l!ut do not make the mistake of think- . ..... .... , ,. :,.i ,,,,, H ' II1T1I IllIN lltlflllUt ML lil- .H.IV -i,"'' Wliai Ol. .lUllll uuuui ...v ..... ... heaven He says it "lieth four square. That does seem to militate against this idea of a circle, but do you not know there i !""" z ,;!'. re house that has a inmily cinle facing ench other and in a circle moving, and I can prove that thi.i is sn iu regard to heaven. St. John says. "I lier.nl the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and tlie '.der.s" And again lie snys, "1 saw round about the throne four and twenty seats." And again he says. "There wns a rain bow lo-.tnd about the throne.' The two former imply n circle, the last either a circle or a semicircle, the seats facing each other, the angels facing eaih other, the men facing each other, heavtu nn amphitheater of glory, circumference of patriarch and prophet and apostle, cir cumference of Scotch covenanters and Thclmn legion and Albigensts, circum ference of the good of nil uges, periphery of splendor uniiungiued nnd indescriba ble, a circle, a circle! Rut every circumference must have a center, und what is the center ot this . . , elrcunifereuce? Christ-bls all .. , ,- a,j ,ho ,.!, his all the '.l.fi rl, T., . ,' V .'.' , "i. aven wrentneu into n gar land round about him. Take off the im- ..,.-, ,ii fl.m c,t nnd behold lUllll 1 Jlu, gcnr of t,m un tlle (.or011L,t of : llom,..lon from his brow nnd see where was the laceration of the briers. Lome closer, nil heaven. Narrow the circle around his great neari. u urisi. mo Saviour. O Christ, the man, O Christ, the God, keep thy throne forever, seated on the circle ot the eaith, seated on the cir cle of heaven! On Christ, the solM rock, I ttand; All other ground b shifting sand. Copyricbt, 1001, I.ouli Klopsch, N. Y. I.nteat Thtna In "Cured." Tlie latest fads in complexion cures nre the "fruit breakfast cure" aud the "hot milk cure." Tlie disciples of the fruit breakfast creed pledge themselves to eat nothing but grapes, apples and oranges before 12 furthermore to drink no coffee. 1 tea or other liquid before the noon hour. You can eat all the fruit you want. Thu converts to the "hot milk euro claim that it la the panacea for all com plexion ills In the guise of wunkles, sal- lowness. frcck'es and all the other beauty blights that bring sorrow to the soul of woman. They assure you that the face after being washed with licit milk at night feels wonderfully refreshen, while the skill, ir tlie tlTiumeui ne persisieu in, begins to look like a baby's, soft nnd smooth and white. Some of tho devotees of tho new cure recommend adding n goodly quantity of milk to the bath wa ter, hut tills is not a new idea by any means, for in undent Home milk baths were a luxury ot the time. A Ilnehelor Ofllce. Ono of the most remarkable figures nf Vienna society Is Archduke ICugeii, grand muster ot the German Knights of Malta. The ollice. which Is invariably held by a member of the Austrian leigulng family, brings n very large income, but the hold er may not marry. The archduke looks lemnrkably well in liW full co-tiime lu white, which he wears only on fc-ttve oc clusions, lie Is n general in the army and commander In chief ! ti-e Tvrol. TIIK RKFOll.MWt'S SIX'ONU THHM. When llllklus ran for c Iflco He waa eager I or leiorm. tin . . .. iml Uu mrca i.i ne wan miner iui i ,i,.i hi , , AmJ jump p m ,mvn ,) trrmi , (o ,pHlrd one term only. you just to set things imiu. you Kimw, And expose tins sliiiiueb-HS lobbers- lllllilns ran two yours iiro. The elected 3Mr, Illlklns With a wild, triumphant shout: The reformer was u victor, And tbej tinned tin rascals out I Tlieio nio stories the l in telling Of nn ex-i-' former who Now ui penis for ndi U i, ' " ; , ' ,Z ""I C r w ndows. The oinclaN i ru ,lmvn a lcv VanK ",t0 .nn: Hank of Fngland notes have h n , .... i ,,i.. 10 inilize what kind of."uul l """"" i perhaps is not unnatural, been assoe us. oui u.e uK 'i ", '"'"- '..:, ,,., . i ,,,l ahead this time. 1 " Hint tlie ilyuamite never ex- ,, tlT.,,,lk,s d crmP. t H not nave ever c . w .ueu ,,, ..., w .,,.; ploded m,!es t ie bumpers were faced ,.,.nrH ,sim.0 n ,.n,n, KOntleti,an VT. "... V' i " I "f. . .- .,l:i.,l the little bridges and were w"' ,ron- . ,lllln 1 "" how n.ucl. n!U110 of S..lntl wns folIm, (il.n,i( i mm- iu w.i , ,... , i coneusion tney got witn woouen Dump- t,: ,.. i,n.i in ,. l.nml.m ,.tti, bum win uo so at i.M.i . t . ,i ers, the dynamite was like that much kn,i,.r,.,i i,,,.,.,. f,.. i ..v,.rr ..n ...in i t i.rt iiKiiitni' i l -n-ii-ii. UL'iiun vu ii iniim-i . . ... . ''i :.' twentv pur.agos or epluro , .nu ui'. ."i"- And bo seems to ne u u, 100. TUNKEY, THE ENGINEER. I'lip Mnn Who IlroUc the Itecord For the West Shore, ltiinil. In St. Nicholas, Cleveland Moffett gives an account of the breaking of a record in running a train on the I.nko Shore road. The last stage of the journey found tlie officials behind schedule tllne. Hut It was made up by a quiet man named Tunkey. Still, In spite of these brave effortsi they pulled out of F.rle fifteen minutes late and started on the last relay with gloomy faces. It was eighty six miles to Itulfnlo, the end of the race, and they must be there by 11:31 to win, which called for an average speed of over seventy miles an hour, Including slow downs. No train In the world hnd ever approached such an average, and their own racing average since leaving riilencn was much below it. So what hope was there? There was hope in a tall, sparely built man named Hill Tunkey, about whom ho bodv knew much except Hint he was n good engineer who ran a rather clumsy tin wheel locomotive not considered very desirable In n race. All the other loco mothes had been eight wheelers. Still, the new engine had one advantage she carried water enough in her tank for the whole run nnd need not slow up to refill nu ,1m ntllcrst tl II 1 1 done. She had another advantage- thnt who carried Tunkey, one j of these men who rise up in suui.en cmei- l gencles and do things wlietner iiiey are ";,.t'; , u wna not possible, ev . . . i. T!..rf.,i,. rv,.i cryliody vowed. 10 rra . ,.. v...,,, , : ,,' . ..A)1 , g ,t," said Tunkey IJ JA,.I. O , of the start ho had ' J , ' L . going thirty miles an hour, ""iZ'iVr i,.,.., .... ,.iclltv mL, at.,. and held It as far H,ockton, when she put forth nil her sjronctl! and did a burst of live miles 'in tm.,,c nn,i one-half minutes, one of ,i, ...ii.., ,,, tlie rate of ninety-two and JM,.-vn rt li miles an hour, as thu watches o-,,,! "And never want any more of tllU jn mine," said the superintendent, fiR: m,xt loWii was Dunkirk, where a Iocnl ordinance put n ten mile limit on ,i, Ktu. f trains. Tunkey smiled as : ' , . ., , , ,!,,, Sv" V ow, 1 ne t e' VrS U, eimj, .v i.i'i.u mi ,.' for the telegra,.!. had ca icd h oa, , ncs ui uau ill. ii b e reverse curve wnn a viciou .,. .,, ,,,, ,.ni i ,i. swinn ui.h ui.... ..- - - --- -- last car. Men put their mouths to other men's ear. ami tried to tl'' ;. Mr. '1 unkey was Re ing a htt e ,nir- 7e:i oiis. Much Rood that did: .Ml. 1 un - - - . . .,.,, .,. ,i ,..v key had the bit in .is teet mi i;i ma uti" u..i. ...... past Silver Creek with twcniyuine miles to go and twenty live minutes to lunkn it In. Hurrah! They had made up time enough to save tlien'i! At 11:20 they passed Lake View. "Twelve miles more nnd eleven min utes," jelled somebody, waving his hat. "Toboggan slide all the way," yelltd somebody eliu. "We'll do It easy. Hooray!" Thev nassed Athol Springs at 11:21. all mad with excitement. They had tev.n minutes left for eight miles and we-e clieering already. "We'll make it with half a minute to lll'll II1IIKU 11 "lilt mm " .......... spare " said the only mail in the printe car who wns reasonably cool. He .'as four seconds out of the way, for tby crossed the line twenty-six seconds be- fore 11:111 and won the race by less tun half a minute, beating the New oris Central's record per mile on the Hoie run by the fraction of a second and heating the whole world's record i the last relay by several minutes, the times htnnding' Tuukey's figures cighy-six miles from I3rie to HulTalo in sienty minutes nnd forty-six seconds r an average speed of seventy-two and iiiety one ono-huiidredths miles an hour. "Do?" said Hie official. "What d we do? Why. wi we" He pauserhelp hssly and then added, with a .mile, "Well, if jou'll excuse the slnil, IH didn't do a thing to Tunkey!" A Men in!ili I.euKthenlnjs Pnt. Kecently nt the Frio basin. NewYorl. the steel steamship Iroquois, ofabm :;,000 tons burden, was put In dydoi and then cut in two and the forwal ha pulled forty-eight feet forward. 'lie ga wns then tilled in with new rnim fastened firmly to the old parts s as i make a complete nnd stanch shil fort ii.:ht feet longer than before iiudof fit tn.n greater currying capacity. Such wns- the success and uocuncy the engineering thai the forward iectr of the ship wns moved the fory-ei;: feet ill two hours and fonrteui limit' and after the moving the parts of t two sections were foiiud to be ii ex. line ready to take the frames of he u and nit"-veiling section. Ancient Crnyntui, The r.gyptitins used pencils rf color ed chalk, ami several of thesennch n crayons have been fonnd ii the! tombs. Worms In the Rnrth Naturalists estimate the lumber worms In each acre of unrti to I ."1,000. und they maintain tint it i almost Impossible to calou'site t; nipouut of gootl done by thtse ere lures. 15!ue fJntti Wood. Who gum In a very henv, wooiH cubic foot weighing ."'.'.OS pounds. Our Plmt Speller. The first spelling book printed In ts country wn ; entitled "The Atiierln Spelling Hook." by Noah Webster, t was issued in ITS.'!, and for consli' ably luoru than linlf a century wane standard work used In nil Aiueih pchuols. Wldnim nnd Wlilowem. In every 1.000 llrltlsii men there n thirty-live widowers; In 1,000 Ililh women there tire seventy-eight wldo. Motiiitnlnon lltillvln. Iloll via Is the most niountnlts country In the world, uud that potn of the ehnlii known ns the Conll'a do le Pa. Is n colonnade of pure sv Mimnilts extending moro than 0 miles almost In a direct line. Tin- l.nrjient Htones. Tlie liullilltig with the largest sbs In the world Is not In 13gypt. bun linnlliec, In Syria. The ntoues u tiO feet long nml "0 feet square. MOW 1)10 ItKAfllKP IUU5 UFA "silic Iiiih iiceeptid you, you suy-'" "Vcb." "Hut she refused you u month ago u vou told lmr you were worth u mm ih 11 its i d would lay It .ill at her "r-hc did " 'I'bei how did she come In cluing- r inili'l"' I iu irked my fortui.e down to 1" lu ndred nrd nl iet -nliie tbousmd hi wired und nil ity-lilno dollars.' h lie ii . kly. .. i, . ....... i I'll, iiiinmi -- vir. ,i 11 ill II vi'i-v siniri nil. EXI'LOSIVENESS OF DYNAMITE. tome nf the Peculiarities of This D.niucron Ciitniioiiiiil. Whether dynamite explodes easily ol not iv uppaietitly a moot question; nt leasf it is one that dynamite workers are not agreed on among themselves, accord, lug to Cleveland Moffetl's report in St. Nicholas of ti conversation hu took part In. Farther down the road, he writes, I came to a railroad track where a long freight train was standing on a siding. Some men were busy here loading a cat with clean looking wooden boxes that might have held starch or soap, but did hold dynamite neatly packed In long, fat sticks like huge firecrackers. Fach box bore tills inscription in red letters: "High Fxploslves. Dangerous." I looked nlona the train nnd saw that there were several cars closed and sealed, with a sign united on the outside: "Powder. Handle Care fully." In this cae "powder" means dynamite, for the product of a dynamite factory is nlways called powder, I think the men feel more comfortable when they uso that milder iinine. There was "powder enough on this train to wreck a city, but nobody seemed to mind. Hie men laugh ed nml loitered. They might have b"cn laylug bricks for any interest they show ed. I asked one of them if It is considered safe to haul carloads of dynamite about the country, lie said that some people r.rit. uMr.t (t tnTu ..ml 4.,.,tir, .1.. nr., Untiir. railroai s w carry l yniim e, w li e ot i , ,, I I J rCHIM' II. ,10 W-eS- K "Tids't'to'ntnt: oM.f the group was positive It would explode. Con cussion, ho declared, was the tiling that sets off dynamite. Another knew of ex- nnrhneni, ni .1 rrVl- Ow t , L?. i n i fir,. H e biu Int. ! , ,, Vln , u ,., (., V TtVi i rol(-l"'1l V i. m times it exploded and sometimes it did . ,'. . . , , , , Ihen a third raan spoke up with an air nt authority. 1 on vc got to have a red spaik. he said, to set off dynamite. e u I've handled it long enough to kn.-w. ' f; They took an old at car and bailed It t a ll0I ot putty, but ns soon as a red spark jumped into it out of the iron, why, oil she d go. Then he instanced various cases where powder cars had gone through railroad wrecks without exploding, although boxes or uynamite liad been smasned open and fcattered about. , How about that car of ours tho other lay up in central New Yoik?" said the first man. "Fverylhing wns blown to pieces, and six lads were killed." He smiled grimly, but the other per sisted: "That collision only proves wli.it I say. The redhnt locomotive plowed through a car of dynamite, and of course the went up. Hut it wasn't the concus sion did it. It was the spark"." All right, the other man said; his friend could sit on a dynamite car whenever anybody began shooting lille balls i into it. Ine friend was positive it would be a cafe enough place to sit, if the ritle Halls didn't strike iron. ton say that it takes a red sparK, 1 - observed, 'to set off dynamite. Do you l,!,n that a white spark wouldn't do it?" "That's what I mean," said he. "It seems queer, imi i s n inei. i iiawiiuo hot poker into a box of dynamite, and it w in o uy mini. i ui iu u icuuoi p0her aim it will explode." Ivy Polionlncr. A peculiarity of poisoning by ivy, dog wood or sumac is that a cure which will be of avail to one patient will give no ic- lief to another. Country people who live iu districts where poisonous plants luxu- i late keep ready all sorts of simple homo if medics, and if one does not help nuothcr w ill. Carbitnnto of soda dissolved in hot water, making a very strong solution, will frequently cure at once if it can be up- plied at the very earliest symptom of poisoning. Milt in hot water will sonn- to llyile pane on tne Minuay niter ui of cieatu, cayenne nnd black pepper to times reliwe when soda does not. passage of that bill and thundered into taste. Other simple country cures are a strong the ears of the pious aristocratic males "Crate or chop the cheese then iu a lye made from wotid ashes, sussaftas tea, and females who were enjoying their bowl with a spon or in a mortar with a made as stiong ns possible, and limew- rides iu carriiiRcs ami on horseback a pestle, rub all to a uniform paste, adding tcr. A doctor's iciiiedy is a solution ot sneering 'Go to church" so loud that the or not, as you like, a tablespoouful of ale, sugar of lead mixed with opium in equal pious males and females were terror ptnter. In er or champagne; make a slico quantities. Water as hot as can be stricken. On tho next Sunday the qtiur- ()f rather thick toast, which dip an in borne affords relief from the terrible itch- tcr of a million had increased to a half slant in boiling water uud place iu the ing. Poison ivy is easily recognized by million, and the 'Go to church!' had lie- oven. its triple leaf. Some people are so susceptible to it that merely passing in its vicinity is sullicieiit to bring out the irritating blotches. YS ash- i Ing the exposed parts of the body linmedl- ntely after coming iu contact with it will often prevent uupleasnut results. Care should be tnktti never to wipe tlie hands or nice alter exposure on a towel another is likely to use. for though you may not lie poisoned yourself another may become frightfully so. Good Housekeipiug. I.niiK Ilemls. We are told of Faraday (the writer oi the article being Tyndiill) that he had an abnormally long bend, so that his hatn bad to lie specially made for him, nnd we are told nf Tyndall himself (thu we are told f Tyndall himself ( lie writer heie be n his widow) that in this respect Tyndall resembled Faraday, This scrap f evidence, so far as it goes, Would conlirm the proverbial belief iu favor of the intelligence of long headed persons. It is, however, believed by many, who can bring forward good evi dence on their side, that intellectual abil ity goes with broad hoadedticxs. It may well be that In this matter, as In that ot stature, the range ot variation Is great uud that both extremes tend to prevail to an undue extent. This has been found to lie the c-ise in another abnormal group that of criminals, Popular Sci ence. Tiirneil Hosvn. "Haven't I passed the examination?" Inquired the would be policy holder. "No, I'm sorry to say," replied the in surance agent. "Then I can't take out thnt Jf.'.OOO en dowment?" "Net nn your life!" Philadelphia WAUY WAS TIIK IIKIHHSS, "You nre the apple of my ee," decline 1 the Fortune Hunter to the Wise Heiress. "I think," mused the Wife Heiress, "Unit I will ktcp my eye nclcd, nevmhe. less." .Nnturnuy i iih evidence ,, nsi.iu.nes.. ,, ltd JUIIl llllllll'll Hill! Ill III'' , OH. H.MLI- mole Mill l le.lll. TWO I 'OS KHS, I thought I knew A thing or two And bud the power to show My wisdom In u lucid wny, I'ntll n little ope 1 know Came asking yesterday: "When the summer's past where does It ro, And where doca whiter comu from nay?" -Judge. CAN'T HUhP TO 8AVI3 IT. ' I am very much alarmed about tho fu. ture f Ibis country, said the pnlltit i.iii Doe any ispcilnl ihinger threalen It"' "Yes Mr Then Is some reason to f ur that I shall net bo appointed to ollice. ' Washington. Slur. STORIES OF DANK NOTES. rfirt Itecori"! of Some of Thono Pre nerved In HtiKlatid, A curious nnd Interesting volume might be written on tho adventures of Homo Hank of Fngland notes from the day when they leave the printing press clean nnd crisp and benutltul, to the lust day of their varied career, when, shorn of s gnaturo and with a hole punched through the figures which have n.adu them so attractive, they are bundled uto n c ose furnncu and converted into nshes. Thelr leases of life vary ns widely ns their adventures, for, while some return to the fold with their work done within n day or two, there may be seen In Tlireadnccdle street a note which was wandering for n century and a quarter before It came again Into tho "Old hody's" keeping. One ot tho most historically nterestint? ot bank notes was that for 1,000 with which Admiral Cochrane paid the In- iqultous line imposed on him in 1814. It may be remembered that this most gal- lant of sailors had been accused of con- spiring to defraMl the Stock Kxchnngn by circulating e fnlse report of tlie death of Napoleon at.d had been .sentenced to n (iuc of 1,00(), 12 months' Imprisonment nu.l an hour in the pillory. A public subscription was raised among bis constituents for the paymeut of his line, ami me aumirai tnus liuiorscu mo note which they presented him: (iiurtD Ciiambfh, Ki.va's IIench I'rhov, 1 .July 3, 1P15. My hr.iltli luring mlTcrnl by long ami eloe connncmint and my oppressors belnn rcsohnl to tlcprhe nie ot property or lite, I puhmtt to rr.h- bcr.- to prntcct mjsclt (rom niunlcr in tho l,o.o that I Khali llc to brlnij tl.e dcllnqunitt to jm- tier. CociiRtNE. Once nnd only once the bank issued by mistake a note for n penny, which for some years was a source ot annoyance nnd nnxletv. I.Ike a willful and stubborn sheep, it would not come back to the fold, " wiis only rccoverc.l when the bank return. , , ,.. .... Ill n IIIUW'I III I.llt: I A 1 1 n itjiil 11V" mr bank once printed four notes, each for 1)000,000, and promptly destroyed tie- p,,,,,.. Two of these notes came into the vcry nnprom.juto hands ot Hothschilds Iu a mood of rare extravagance the bank once printed four notes, each for and Coutts, where for a time they at- trncted many open mouthed spectators The only notes approaching thee In value were two for 100,000 each, which often, as iated many of the shot by He had hid or dissipation, and when he was reduced to his last ." note he decided that life had nnihin.. inure to offer him. (Ju :l table bv tlie side ot his revolver wns fo,m,i n charred portion of a bank notCl m, which, in bravado, be had lit his last cigar, and on it these word.-, v. ere neneiled. "Thu last note of a dvliiR Swaon." In the days when to steal or forge a bank note was n crime punishable by death tlie histories of many notes were tragic iu the extreme. The circumstances of one memorable case are peculiarly sad. A certain young man called Ilowland ls j, agitated by violent convulsions, to more or less shocked, but rne was ren was accused by his uncle, a merchant Iu tlie sound of musical instruments. dered insensible. The third mate han- the city, ot Mealing a .0 note from tho writing table in his study. Although It was not proved that the note had ever been in his oe..sin or that it had been , ashed, the clrcumMauce were consider- ed suspicious enough to justify convic- tlon, and the young man, who was pop ular and of irreproachable character, was - ...... .. . sentenced to death. i Some years after his execution the noti for which his life was sacrificed wai note 'as round in a recess in tlie liurary cniniuey, where it is supposed a druft had carried it.-i.ouuon uu-ims. Iloir Ttier Repealed the tmr, Wilhelm I.ieliknecht in his inemoire of Kurl Marx telis how the people of hni- don forced the repeal of the law pro- liibitiiig the sale ot beer on Sun. lay. which at the time was claimed to have been made by the nristocrats to "impves virtue and morale on the common peo pie." "Hut the people of London," snys I.leb- knecht, "don't understand a joke when nn attack is made on their stomachs. Py the hundred thoii-nnd they wandered out come stronger nnd more serious, and by tho third Sunday the measure was ub ready revoked." 1 I.omlon Dialect The American." wrote Julian Ralph j Harper's, "who believes, ns thousand) ,i0, that to betray one's nationality is to invite overcharging nnd extortion iu the m.at end shops of hondon is not oi.ly hard pressed, to choose the peculiar words the l-3nglish employ, but he has quite ns many and ns deep pitfalls to avoid in the methods of pronunciation. I will not refer to the fal-e or ignorant methods of illiterate persons, but will cou line attention to some eccentricities of pronunciation of men and women of ed " , mv V, jln " for e g ne I uilitrv ti.-ger . umejltl, mjin lor engine, niiiiiry, u,M.r and figgers clark for clerk paye.it. nay- honal, nnd soon through u long list." ucation, rank and breeding. 1 hey say The First Aunt rnllnn llnlliit. The ballot was first introduced into Homo lu the second century P. C. This was thu real Australian ballot. The Voter received a sort of wooden slate covered with wax on which tlie names of nil tho candidates were scratched. Ho made holes in the wax opposite tlioso of his choice and dropped his tablet iu tho box, After tlie downfall of tho Homan re public popular government took a long deep, nnd there was little use for u bal lot till quite modern times. Annex a the Hotels, "I'll get even with the proprietor of thnt hotel in some way," he announced. "Y'ou can do it easily, too," answered Ills friend. "How?" he asked. "Commit suicide in his hotel. That al ways annoys them." Chicago Post. A Nnturnl Inquiry. Tarke Wigginson married n widow, didn't he? Lane Yes. Parke 1 wonder how he likes her for mer husbaud. Puck. 1IU WANTS HIS PftFSFNTS HACK. 1 held her pretty bund when skies Above were blue and fidr. And In h'T roguish bright brown eyes, l.ovo's nv-'sjago 1 read tl'cri; Our troth was plighted with u kiss, And .is I slipped n ilug Fpon the linger of Chuisse, The birds hefiiui to sing. Hut that was In the summer days, How thiu.'s huvc i Ilium d sti et O'H'.. Win n 1 call now 1 llnd ulw.is A doi i other men li.ich on h ih Miss I'lurlsse eiishrinr 1 Oh' wh did 1 pr- pi si ' Thut rli'e w u Id nbl me for 1 Una I need some winter clothes. WHEN LINCOLN DIED. An Eilltnrlnl hy Oreeley Thnt Wna Not l'rlnteil In The Tribune. Tlie following very remarkable story is told in "James Hussell Lowell and Ills iZ' ' ' V L' ,Z i , m""" j jnv u,. , writing of Sidney II. Gay, ,,,', 'mn,mK,1(; editor of thu New York iYimne. i have never seen In print flay's story of t f ,.tul ulght whun i.ill.olll wn, ki(.(li ul onu It fr,dv , .llu(I , ,....., tnn nIlli i -,,, t, hCImiST nAt .o rlMtr.(I now. "n0, wh " "With the news of tlie murder of Lin- rom there came to New York everv other terrible message. The ollice ot The Till)- tlne of course ti ceiveil eclioes of nil tlm tH,rl tolioM which showed Him alarm nt Wellington. There were orders for tlm ai ir-st ot this man, 'there were suspicions of lc loJ.nUy ot t)lat mnn N() ono kuew wJUt the morrow might bring. ..jM tlu ,nj,ist 0 t ,,, nnxiety of such hours to Mr. Gay, tlie acting editor of tjmt pppp there entered the foreman of typesetting room. He brought with i.i... Ji... ,,,.00f nf Mr. Greelev'i lenilini- nl.(e,., ns be had left It beforo leaving (.,y fop ti10 ,),. jt wn irltn' )it. tcri S!,r,.nstic personnl attack on p'resl- ,,,,ut ,nc(1ni ,hu. mim ,v,i, when Gay ,.tllj (llu artjee wa jvtMB n Washing- ton ..(-!nv ren,1 the nrtteln nml nsl.-e.l the foreman It ho had any private place where he could lock up the type to which no one but himself hnd access. Tho fore- man said he bad. Gay bade him tie up the type, lock the galley with this article in Ills cupboard and tell no one what lie had told him. Of course no such urtiele appeared In The Tribune the next morn- lag. "Hut when Gay arrived the next day at the office he was met with the news that 'the old man' wanted i m and the intimation that 'the old man' was very angry. Gay waited upon Greeley. bee,, looking for you. They tell me you ..., , i..,t,' , .V. :.'.... ordered my leader out of this mornings '.in.-, .ji..i uub oi kina urn, miii n paper. Is it your paper or mine? I should like to know if I cannot print what I choose lu my own paper!' This in a Rrcat rage. paper. Is it your paper or mine? I " 'The paper is yours, Mr. Greeley. Thu article is iu type up stairs, and you can use it when you choose. Only this, Mr. Greeley: I know New Y'ork, nnd I hope and believe before t,od that there is so lunch virtue in New Y'ork thut If I had let the article go into this morning s pa- per then- would not be one brick upon another In The Tribune office now. 'cr- tainly I should be sorry if there were.' "Mr. I,r:eley was cowed. He said not n word nor ever alluded to the sublet again. It was by this sort of service that Mr. Gay earned Mr. Wilson's praise Hint 'he kept Mr. Greeley up to the war.' " Hindoo nuncliiK. Hindoo dancing bears uo similarity to tlat o( the European. Stage aetinc iu ,i. ti,,, nt ,.,.m.ii. n,i i... i, hardlv to be found nmonz tlie Hindoos, 'nK. ehicf characteristic of their dancing (s their dress, which very often is hnrii- i,0 nnj grotesque to look at. Their ,!,.,., consist In wrestling, jumping and miirlng the shoulders, heads, hands lees. 'rite Hindoo taste for music is so mark- ed thnt there Is net n slnrli. i-itlieri,.,. lnVever small, which has not some mu- sidans at its head. The instruments on which they plav nre. fur the most part, t.nilni'ts and trumpets; they have also cymbals and several kinds of small drums The sounds produced by those instru- incuts are far from pleasing and may even nnoenr hiilrnns to Hnrnnenn eiirn. rI'li,. imititvii nr ..n.liti.tnr tc tin. tnnut remarkable of all the music ians In beat- inc timc he taps with bis fingers on a nar- ro. llnlm. As j, .ats his his shoulders, bead, arms, thighs nnd, in fact, all the I parts ot his body perform successive movements, and simultaneously he utters Inarticulate criis, thus animating the musicians both by voice and gcMmo. Catholic World. Welsh ItabMt. The famous John Chamberlain o ' Washington had a recipe for Welsh rah- bit which was a poem. It is as follows: "Welsh Itabbit. Four ounce.-. ot cheese, half an ounce of butter, a sihiou- f til of made mustard, two tublespoonfuls .ow transfer your pTepnreil cheese mixture to a saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until melted, then heat up quickly and pour upon the toast and serve. Ihis is a quantity for ono tier- Time required, from three to uvo minutes. This recipe won the respect of congress." New Y'ork Herald. TurutiiK the Tn nkoIh. "Turning the tassel" is an interesting part of lite commencement exercises at the Woman's college, Iialtimore. All tmdeiRiaduates there wear the cap and Kow n, ami the place of the tassel on each mortar board designates thu class of Its , wearer. Pegiuning at tho right hand corner ot the sou ire top over whi. h tlie tas-.fl must hung in cae of a frcshn.au. each corner, indlcites re- ttho other thret- elassfos At b l'hk from u-ceivlng their diplomas eery oth er member of the student body present by one concerted movement turns her tassel, thereby raising her i.ink. fircut Ociierul of (he Future, "How is your boy in the army getting nlnm- V i llerhv V inniiireil tlie nbl friend of the family. "Pv George, sir," enthusiastically an- swere.l the father, who had just received from Algy another urgent request for money. 'that boy Is a masterly palguer alieady, lie gets into all sorts ot tight places, but he al.iys manages to keep m coinmiinicntioii with his base of supplies.' Chicago Tribune. j Perttiient noil Impertinent. "Doctor, your tonic nijile u new man of me " "A now man? Well, how Is he oft finuncially?"-Chlcago Herald. A little boy who was asked his nnmo answered, "Well, they call mu Jimmy for short, but my maiden name is James." Some people who call themselves slnR- crs should be locked up for making fulbe notes. Albany Times. noon KNornii. OP limes wuz K' oil, 1 reikoii good ns (jootl i mild 1 1 lot tho," now times me good enough For this ol' world an" tiic' Atlanta constitution. TOO SLOW FOH A POLITICIAN. What Is your father's hiisifs m; bc. asked the man oi in. men' rum r bov at Hi do 'i' A politic l.m, sir " II I lt ! It loesn't tali him .is biUR t di liver h tr His as It il 'es ou YonUir- St.Uisinan. BALL LIGHTNING. Hn.iT Phenomenon Deserlhril a Wenthrr Ilurrnu Ohscrvrr. Kvery schoolboy has seen pictures of what Is called bil lightning It Is a very rarc phenomenon, and no meteorologist pretends to understand It Professor Da- vis of Ilnrvaid says In his "Elementary Meteorologv" that "discharges of atmos- , , electricity ocraionally take the 'X L",, ' '" nn! rorra 01 f-1000 "Mimini,, naing nn. nn- pearance of luminous balls, sccminR to bn " '"ot or F0 '" (Ila"l,',',r, moving at a moderate velocity nnd pn- Ing about ""long objects near tho gr d, remain lug visllile a number of seconds nnd on '"only disappearing with nn explox n. " satisfactory explanation has been of- ,for this phennnidiMn. ('or ful ob. servation should be iiu.de ot it" Another meteorologist calls It n very rnrr' fonM of lightning. lie ays Hint a "v I vltl Hash accompanied by a violent ex- plosion seems to project n brilliant bomb ' the earth. Fpoti striking the ear'h thu bomb may rebound several times beforn 11 splits up and disappears. He adds that no satifactory explanation lias been glv- on of tills sltinlar form of electri al dis- charge. A short time ago there was a dinlay of ball lightning near Cumberland. Md.. and a short accSMtit was Riven of i in a local newspaper. The strange vaRiries of ball lightning are so seldom witnessed that scientific men have sometimes expressed doubt that there is any such thing. It has as yet been found very difficult tr form n theory about it that will cover all Its peculiarities, particularly as regards shape, color, slow and erratic movement and finally explosive effects, AH reports of ball liirhtning that am well described are welcomed by me'eer- ologists, who hope by nccunn'tlu'ing i- deuce to some day attain a b-'ter idea f this curious phenomenon. The latest e- ert Seyboth. nn observer in t..e Wfjtber i f ,u ,..,,a , Ttt t,y,., bureau, who writes to the Mont'i.y I'liit'u Weatli ball ti New I west c Weather Heviev of sn c-'ienenc w.'h lightning when lie was n lad on a Bedford wbalinR bark In the north- corner of Hudson bay. About - o'clock in the morning, nftcr a terrible storm of wind nnd rain, the boy was sent aloft to Fecure the upper hold on the foretopsnil brace. While at work ho saw a thiinderrloud apparently only a few yards above the mizzen truck, nnd a moment Inter lie saw a ball of fire 'ho size of a man's head detach itself from the cloud and sail quite leisurely to the mizzen truck. It struck this object and exploded with a deafening crash, send.og a shower of hissitiR sparks over the rig cine and deck. When the boy regained consciousness, the risht ide of his body was paralyzed. Some of his shipmates were encaged in clearing away the wrcckago of the shat- tcred mizzen mast, while others were sounding the pump to find whether tho I, nit li.nl Wnnrkert hole In the hark' bottom. It appeared, however, thaf the lightning hnd found an easier escape to the water by way of the anrl or chains, and no further damage was done to tho ship. All the men standinR on der-1; were pencil to be standing inside a biR oil f the anchor chnln. nlor.e whirh the i -L' nins flew, looking like a huge fiery er- pent. Tho mute was swift'y t imed around on his own axis a number of times, looking more like a whirling der- vish than n grim old tar, as the 'ishtcg followed the convolutions of tne col When he had regained his urentli, tho nrofanitv of the veteran whaleman was until to hare been nivfnl. At a later time Mr. Seyboth was in charge, of the signal service sta'ion on the summit of Pike's ponk, where he ha 1 ample opportunity to familiarize Irmse'' with the many different manife -'a'l"' s t atmospheric electricity, but h. hii !) r again witnessed the mysten.. us nr 1 J llienomenon liuown as Pall IigU'Ling New Y'ork Suu. The PrlKhleneil Prlnr of I'lxn. Edith King Swriu, who has ns en 1 tl more famous heights than any other w man in the wond perhaps, tolls a m t amusing incident in an artb le at Seine Famous Ascents I Have Mu jn The I.adio' Home J ...rr,i far un in the famous leaiii'i- ' wi r t Pisa, and. Lending over a ' a ti let fall a toy torpedo to test h a . '3 estimate the xact height -f the strJ. by Galileo's method. "Choosing a tune when 1 w;is a. n n the tower." she writes, "aul n i e w in sight below, 1 dropped the t rped , watch in hand. At this ins'aut a nine hm-rvinL- nround n comer n ,1 uirt,st ci,.,nre his shaven crown ins J ,iirc.ctlv below me just In time 3 m smiok bv the falling torpedo, whi h tv ri0lU,(i x;.ith nppaling effect. I ' i i-n.. .(, ,!, nnr mnn thnui?ht. tier- hai)! that it wa, the orack ot d0( , i was fearfully unset, and so was I '1 i torpedo was too small to d i in re t1 frighten him, but his amazement on 1 is.- ing up aim seeing i.ie p rru i; tioto f him in open mouthed horror like i gars goyle come to life, was exiru.'in' ne y lu dicrous. 1 forgot to time the report. London UoothlnrKs. livery visitor to London has been nt tr.ict.l by the bootbla.ks iu re 1 ' He may not knuw, however the s e f " le ura. He, society wn. , entittaln and educates these I ' ' lmlion the boys ar- I . vM ?' i'demen,s fr. . " e t, i the Central lied society, wli. sixpence tlie bootblack can's i t t he takes for hlniclf for din' r I ie re mainder of bio earnings tha day h vulcs into three pans, on -'n.ii ' i e cnn.idoivd his wage, one-thn 1 mc a 1 the society and one-third belt.g p ,n d i ''is "-'relit by the society in a ban.. S n the society w as started in lh.jl the . earnings of its members have nmoittcd to nearly U'0.0IK). At sevente n years of ze the bojs leave, tuauy of them goius into uie arm.s ami nnij. Au OfferlnK Pfir Jhji, Though still n boy, Kubelik, the violin- Nt, obtains an average fee ot SI. 000 fnj each recital. Tlie young violinist s agent was the witness of n touching s'g'it at Prague recently. Toward tlie dose of the day an old man apparently be' ween eighty and ninety w ho had e ident'y t raided far on foot, judging hy the dust ion his clothes and the weariness of Ins j movements, approached the hotel w hero Kubelik was staying. I.i a bandanna, handkerchief lie was carefully carrying a supply of fruit, eggs and butter I hisn were nn offering for Jan, and tlie aged donor who had walked so far with his present was no other thau the young viw liuist's grandfather. IIIm roiunieut. Mrs. Serappingtun i in the midst of her reading!--1 lei c is an Item which says that in Patagonia a wife can be purchas ed for one dollar. Mr. Sera ppingtou Well, there may bo wives iu Patagonia that are worth that much. U in per lliu.ir. A I xnnl, Teacher Johnny, if cakes were twenty (cuts a deieu id 1 gave you ten cents, how many would you get? Johnny None. I d git eaudy. Hoston Hcittld. I