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THE OHIO DEMOCRAT, LOGAT, OHIO, SATURDAY, AP11TL 30.1802.
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X.OOAN,
OHIO.
IN A COMMON KIND O' WAY.
I rockon 'taint no use for mo to try nn' please
yo, sis,
Ter words 'tlitnoBoes alius sorter kinder hit
nn miss,
An' slialie llielrsclves togother, jest ae awlt'aru
n they Urn,
Vciiovi r 1 talte holt nn' try to talk like other
men,
I know 'at It embarrasses an 'noys yo most to
death,
llul I reekon might us ivell jest try to stop a
draw In" hreath
Ah to try an' make lore reg'lar, like lucmfcl.
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X1..D c.l; say "I love ye," In a common kind o
way!
Afore je uenl to Tlslt 'Ith tho city folks last
year,
"Yo was happy thlnkln' of our love, an' 'at the
time was near
"Wen we'd start our lives together, jest as
chipper as tho jay,
An lu-tvrun otir lovo nn' labor how wo'd laugh
'he I'mcaway;
Hut 'hat planco at city manners, an' 'at glimpse
" city men,
JSori o pet ye 'gainst our weddln' nu' ye never
ehnngfil ajrln:
I've no ionl to blamo for It; we must loe jest
as Acuity,
'N I tsin only say "I lovo yo," In a common kind
o way:
It wu.- all so new nn' strango to yc, no wonder
at yo took
To sccln' thlnps all different an'aecordln' to the
Uok
At tf IN folks of good manners, nn' of what It's
w ronp to do',
It won ye 'cause 't was stylish und 'causo 'twas
all so now;
Ye crime back like another girl, an' yet I
tliouitht, somehow,
Thai lntercmye'dbo yourself I'vo thought so
e tit 11 now;
An now I see It ain't no use I've seen It all to-
dnr.
It aln 1 1 noii.-li to lovo yo In my common kind o'
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Ktv. .1. F. Ostrander, Azatlan, Wis.,
bud an adventure with a pack of gray
wolves that was one. of tho most peril
ous, perhaps, that any human being
over passed through, and yet escaped
unharmed. Keing compelled to sot
out on foot, he not belated and had
crossed the Hock river on a raft and
was proceeding through a lonely for
est pathway when darkness overtook
him. So, fearing that he might got
I'-i-il. hi- decided to camp for the night
in the top of a large tree which had
failen alongside of the pathway and
which seemed to afford a very convcu-ii'i-.'
shelter against the winds, or even
a 1'inn.
Creeping into the center of tho top he
gjtheied some bark and limbs togeth
er, .slid by the aid of some matches
bi hi h.iid kindled a lire. It was a cold
night, and his overcoat and boots were
wit and frozen from wading through
an arm ot the river to reach the shore,
r,o he pulled them oft to dry and began
to make himsali as comfortable as pns-
m ule for a night's rest, Rut hardly had
ne got, iixeil as conveniently as lie
"thought the situatiou would allow.
wiien ne was stattled by a strango
wild nowt only a short distance tiwav.
Karcly had the echoes of the noise died
away, when it was immediately
answered by others, and then ho
i-i'ilied that his location had been
discovered by that terror of the
lonely traveler, tho gray wolf. His
situation was rendered more desperate
i rim tno lact that so far as he know
there were not any trees near large
enough for him to climb and bo safe
within their branches, and lie feared
1hat if he left his firo he would at onco
invite the wolves to make an attack
upon nun. ne tuerotore clioso to re
main where he was and defend himself
with all the strength that he possessed.
lie Knew- that wolves tiro .somewhat
timid at the sight of a fire, and ho bur-
vied up a big blaze with sticks and
leaves, and then with a large club
planted himself in a small opening be
tween the limbs of the fallen tree and
t In-re awiiited their on-coming.
I ho rustle of the lcaes around the
top oon indicated that the enimals had
surrounded the position, and in a few
moments later they be'iin lo peer at
me minister from among the branches
lie waited until they grew a little
bolder, when he seized some firebrands
ami pelted them until they were quite
glad to take theiutelves out of his
reach. Then he put on more wood and
leaves and made his fire burn brighter.
The wolves readily comprehended the
nature of the weapons with which their
loo was armed and for some time kept
at a distance, but, being reouforced by
others, they again grow daring, and
onco moro the minister was closely
hemmed in and in great dangerof being
seized. Hut he pelted them with fresh
brands so fast that they gave way and
retreated to the former safety iimits
and there kept up a series of terrific
howls. There they snt, each trying to
-outdo the other in an effort lo 'make a
noise that would give them more cour
age to renew tho attack, which thoy
finally did. No sooner, however, did
they present their heads the third time
than they received a hotter reception
than before, and they were glad to re
treat to a more convenient locality. So
for hours tho wolves advanced and re
treated iu the same manner, and al
though occasionally some of the bold
est got suillcioiitly near to snap at the
minister, yet they generally got well
scorched for their boldness, and wore
quite willing to keep out of reach for
tome time afterward.
Toward morning, however, tho fire
was getting very much reduced for
-want of fuel, and Rev. Ostrander dared
not venture beyond tho treetop in
quobt of moro wood to replenish it. To
fetay where lie was appeared certain
death also, for us tho fire decreused in
brightness the wolves grow braver.
The dark shadows of their ngly forms
llltted nntl darted hero and there around
)ilm, making IiIh situation desperate
ntul uppulllng. As ho turned from Mdo
to bide watching thein approach nuurer
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and nearer, ho decided upon risking a.
piece of strategy.
Lending through tho denso brush for
est, und but a short distance away waa
a path, and he concluded to surprise
tho wolves, gain that path and with
what burning brands ho could collect
nnd carry with him to light tho wolves
with Are as ho pushed fownhl to guln a
place of safety. Acting on this resolu
tion in a moment he had tho brands in
his hands, and he sprang Into tho midst
of the wolves, brandishing tho blazing
torches right and loft, at the same tlmo
uttering such piercing sounds of defi
ance with all the power his voice could
muster, that tho wholo pack of wolves
ran from him like whipped curs, nr.r
did thoy venture lo follow him until
long after ho had gained tho pathway
and mado a considerable distance
Then, apparently collecting their wolf
sense, and seeing that their prey was
likely to escape, they upbraided each
other for their cowardice, and rushed
on In one howling mass to overtake
him. Rev. Ostrander, on hearing them
coming with such fury, almost gave up
in despair, concluding there was no
longer any hope, but ho determined to
dio bravely and nerved himself for
what he felt must bo a terrible en
counter. He had stepped to one side of the path
way behind some bushes, thinking at
first to lot them go by, but on mature
reflection, and just as the howling pack
came dashing down the pathway and
were only a few feet from him, ho
sprang right in front of them and ap
plied tho blazing brands in thoir midst,
burning mouths, noses, tongues and
heads of tho leaders so severely that
they weakened and scattered in a
twinkling. Hardly had they got out of
sight ere the minister was hurrying for
ward with nil his speed to find some largo
tree which he might climb, or to reach
a clearing und rouse the inmates of a
house near by it. For nearly live min
utes ho failed to catch any sound indi
cating what had become of the wolves,
but at length he distinguished a few
scattering howls, and a second or two
later the forest fairly shook with
their yells. Hut as Uev. Ostrander
darted onward another idea entered his
mind.
The ground was covered with leaves
and they were very dry. Why wouldn't
they burn, and why shouldn't ho apply
to -them the blazing brands which ho
held and thus check tho fury of his pur
suers? He suited the action to the
thought, and almost in a moment had a
lino of lire of nearly two rods blazing
across and at right angles to the path
way, rorttinatoly the fire did not need
any coaxing in order to got it to burn.
It spread from leaf to leaf with sur
prising rapidity and then it burst into
llames, and when the wolves carno up a
wall of lire confronted them, through
which they wero afraid to venture.
Compelled to halt and doubtless moro
amazed than over, tho firo nearly en
circled them before they made an ef
fort to get out of its w ay; for, with a
strong current of wind, it began to
march through the brush and its roar
drowned even the howling of the gray
monsters, and from ten to fifteen
minutes more elapsed before they wero
again on the trail of t,heir expected
game.
llut Ostrander had not only been im
proving every moment in hurrying for
ward towards the clearing, but ho had
applied firebrands to the leaves as he
ran, and immediately the pathway was
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lined with fresh fires that spread with
extraordinary rapidity. The wolves
halted at each one of these little ilres,
eyed them suspiciously and theu stole
around them very quietly, as if in great
foar for their safety. This delay of tho
wolves caused by the Ores gave the run
ner ample time to reach tho clearing
lar ahead of the brutes, and as he
nearcd the house of a friend and took a
glance baekwardiu noticed some dark
objects at the edge of the forest, ap
parently gazing wistfully after him.
Those objects were the wolves, and
they only stopped Jong enough to utter
a howl of disappointment and then
skulked away, and that was tho last
heard of them. When the owner of the
house opened the door to admit Kcv.
Ostrander the latter plunged headlong
to the floor fainting and exhausted,
and it w as a long time before he fully
recovered from that night's adventure.
Azatlau (Wis.-) Cor. St. Louis Globe
Uemoerat. Very Little IteKiird.
Old Hill Mickils was a well-known
character in Howling (ircen, Ky. He
was never regarded as a brave man,
nor was he supposed to be more than
ordinarily truthful, but no one could
question the shrewdness of some of his
observations. One day Kill was sitting
In front of a hotel, tipped back against
the wall, when Judge Simpson came
along. The judge, without saying any
thing to Kill, kicked his chair from
under him and thon "larruped" him
with a walking cane.
Kill got up when the judge hud passed
on got up and, meditating a few mo
ments, remarked:
".Man never gets too old to learn. I
have just found out that Judge Simpson
has but very little regard for me."
Opie Keml, in Kanner of (Jold.
A New Hampshire fanner was onco
asked how ho mnilu boni-dnm nnv. Hn
said he found out what the boarders
didn't like and then fed them on it. A
publisher of a newspaper can't do that.
I'rinters' Ink.
"So you do not cherish any super
stitions, dear?" "No, indeed. ' Why. I
have always made it a point to be mar
ried in black, and have been lucky
every time." Indianapolis Journal.
-Cheap Wit. Kond "What Is your
definition of cheap wit?" Scrawl (tho
editor) "Well, uncrcdltcd clippings
comes about as near it us anything, I
recUon."-N. V. Uornld.
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THE SINGING IN GOD'S-ACRE.
Out yonder In tho moonlight, wherein dod'i
Acn lies,
Uo angels walking to nnd fro, singing their lul
lablisi Their radiant -wings nro folded nnd their eyes
nro bended low,
As thoy sing among tho bods whereon tho flow
ers delight to grows
" Sleop, oh, sleep!
Tho Shepherd guardothllls sheep!
Fast spcedoth tho night nway,
Soon Cometh tho glorious day:
Sleep, weary ones, whllo yo may
Sleep, oh, slecpl"
Tho flowers within Ood's-Acro bco that fair nnd
wondrous sight,
And hear tho nngils singing to tho sleepers
through the night:
And, lol throughout the hours of day thoso gon-
tie tlowcra prolong
The muMa ot tho nugcls In that tender slumber-
Bong:
" Sleep, oh, sleopl x
Tho Shepherd lovcth Ills shecpl
Itn guardeth Ills flock tho best
Hath folded them to His loving breast
So, sleep ye now and tako your rest
Sleep, oh, sleopl"
from angel nnd from flower tho years -have
learned that; soothing song,
And with Its heavenly music speed tho days nnd
nights along:
So, through all lime, w hoso flight tho Shepherd's
vigils glorify,
God's-Aero slumbcroth in the graeo of that sweet
lullaby:
" Sleep, oh, sleep!
The Shepherd lovcth His shecpl
Tast speedeth the night away,
Soon cometh the glorious day:
Sleep, weiry ones, while jo may
Sleep, oh, sleep!"
Kugcnc Field, In Ladles' Homo Journal.
A QUEER PROPOSAL.
How a Cow Flgurod, in Ono Lovo
Affair.
Observations on the Subject of "flipping:
tho Question" No 3lnn Seems Ilvnetly
to Keniemlier How It Was
Aeeuinpllslicri.
"How did you get engaged to your
wife?"
The question was put by a writer for
the Star to ono of the substantial fam
ily men of Washington ono of those
excellent men who has a blooming wife,
flvo blooming children, and a business
that keeps on blooming more brilliant
ly year after year. He says ho is poor,
and so ho is when lie is compared with
the plutocrats of the city, but he is
solidly, substantially rich all the same.
When he dies, if his wife survives him,
she will have an income amply sufficient
for the proper education of tho flvo
blooming children, nnd when she dies
they will all have incomes not vast es
tates which will make it impossible for
thvui lo do anything on earth but live
a He of pleasure, but incomes that will
hel: 5n establishing them in the useful
walks of life. It is tho people of this
type that make up the body and
strength of the community, rather than
the enormously wealthy class that lives
only for pleasure, the drawing-room and
"stylo." Kut It is not of money that
this article would treat, but of the va
rious methods of getting engaged; and
so tho question was asked of this sub
stantial man of family: "How did you
get engaged to your wife?"
"Ky means of a cow," ho answered,
promptly.
"What? I must have misunderstood
you," said the writer. "I did not ask
you how you got milk for your family,
but how you got engaged to the lady
who is now your wife."
"Ky means of a cow," ho answered
again.
lie was prevailed upon to explain and
told a very singular, unique and touch
ing story of love, solemn promises, hap
piness and a cow. Here is the tale re
duced to moderate length. The gentle
man may, for convenience, bo termed
Mr. X. and the lady Miss V.
Mr. X., when he was twenty-four
years of age, went to stay with his
uncle at I is country place on the east
ern shore of Maryland. Having said
that he had relations who lived on the
eastern shore, it has been said that he
was of most aristocratic lineage, for
everybody knows that the families of
that portion of the earth's surface are
all of the very best. Virginia itself is
not moro noted for families than the
famous eastern shore. In fact, if a
geography w ere called upon to truth
fully say what is the principal product
of the eastern shore it would be obliged
to say "old families." Young X. found
at his uncle's house a young Virginia
girl. Miss Y. X. had nothing in the
world to do, nor had Miss Y., so they
killed time by falling in love with each
other. It is not a bad amusement in
the country. You can read poetry to
gether, sit on porches together, take
walks in the dusk together. The man
is pretty sure of no rivals, tho girl is in
no danger of having tho man enticed
away from her. X. and Miss Y. had a
glorious time for two weeks and one of
their favorite amusements every even
ing was to stroll down to tho pasture
tied watch the milking of the cows.
There was one cow in particular of
which the youth and the maid grow
very fond. She was a young Jersey
Alderncy was the term used then tho
color of a fawn, with a glossy, beauti
ful coat and eyes as gentle and soft in
their expression as Miss Y.'s own. As
she would stand in the cool of the even
ing lazily whisking the flics with her
tail she would permit the young couple
to approach her and stroke her or
scratch her forehead. There is noth
ing particularly romantic in the act of
scratching a gentle cow between the
horns, but it happened that one day as
X. stretched out his hand to perform this
pleasing act of friendship to tho heifer
his hand met Miss Y.'s, nnd the cow,
moving back as If impressed with the
conviction that she was spoiling fun,
left them hand in hand in the corner of
the pasture. After that they never
missed a day in the pasture and they
always caressed the Jersey cow, until
ono day X.'s uucle, joining them, said
jocosely:
"You young people seem so fond of
thnt cow that I shall have to give her
to one of you."
"To which of us?" said X.
"Ah!" bald the uncle, "you must settle
that between you."
When the old gentleman went off, X.
looked at Miss, Y. and said, simply:
"Can my uncle glvo tho cow to both
of us?"
And she quietly answered: "Yes."
And so this, substantial citizen bo
camo engaged, us ho truly said, through
the agency of a cow.
There are a thousand ways of popping
tho question, nnd upon careful inquiry
It has been ascertained that tho method
which Is usually employed upon the
stage and in novels is tho most uncom
mon. Let tho render who Is overt iven-ty-ono
stop and consider n inom-nt how
he mado the various proposals of his
life. Did ho sink down on one kneo and
clasping tho young girl by tho hand
frantically shriek out: "Ke initial Bo
nilnel" )ld ho then start in nnd toll
her of his long years of adoration; how
ho never could love nnyono else; how
tho sun of his being rose and sot In her;
how sho was his hoaven, and if sho snlit
no ho must Inovitably take tin 'instan
taneous lllght for the other place? Did
he, when she mado murmurs of dissent
itullgnuntly oast her hand nway from
him as though it was a tennis-ball, and
demand ,ho name of his rival'.' Did ho
cover his face with his hands and sob
and scrape his toes along ,thc carpet as
he walked up and down the parlor? Did
he, when sho begun to yield, rnsh at her
with the speed of a professional sprint
er, seize her around tho waist, and pour
forth a royal octave volume of impas
sioned rhetoric? This Is tho way thoy
do in novels and plays, but in r'enl life
people of exporlouco say it Is different.
It Is hard to tell whothor the girl or tho
man Is tho more frightoncd. Koth
know it is coming. He doesn't know
what ho says. Ho had mado up n speech
beforehand, but of course ho forgets It;
but it makes no difference. Sho has
her mind mado up. All the eloquence iu
the world isn't going to do any good if
she has determined to say "no." She may
not mean "no" at all, but she gcnorally
says so. She only wants him to conm
again often. As for sinking down on
one knee, or both knees, authorities on
"popping" say it is never dbno that
not niticli which is worth remembering
Is said on cither side.
l'erhaps it is better that the books
and plays should be artificial in this
matter. There is hardly a printed ac
count which contains a true confession
of what a man said and what a woman
replied when ho proposed and she ac
cepted him. There urc, however, a few
of the love letters of groat men In
print. Now, either these letters woro
written with tho supposition that they
might at sonic day bo printed, in which
case they are of no value except as
pieces of literary composition, or clso,
being intended for the eye of one per
son alone, they ought not to be given to
the public. Who over read Kulwer's
lovo letters without a feeling of dis
gust'.1 Ho runs riot on paper, loses his
senses entirely, signs himself "Your
Idolatrous Puppy," and commits a
thousand absurdities. Kut wh.v should
a man not bo absurd when he is writing
to the one woman he loves? To write
love letters with the fear before you of
their being subsequently published
would bo like proposing with a stenog
rapher to take down your speech. And
to print real love letters written hon
estly is like listening and overhearing
a proposal. Your eavesdropping might
be exciting and interesting, but if you
did us you ought to do you would not
listen, or having overheard through ac
cident you would not go nwny'and tell
everybody about it that is, you would
not if you wero a good man and cared
anything about doing to others what
you would have them do to you.
Did you ever know a man who told all
he said when ho proposed to the girl
whom he subsequently married? A re
jected man may "give the thing away"
apparently, but he docs not tell it all,
you may depend upon it, nnd au
accepted man may tell you what
led up to it, as in the case of the gen
tleman who became engaged through
the agency of a cow, but an absolutely
correct report of all the nonsonse
spoken on occasions of this kind wou)d
be something that no man could briu ,
himself to repeat, and, if it were re
peated, it would be very disagreeable
to listen to. Tho whole thing would
appear painfully ludicrous, but it is not
ludicrous to the parties in interest. It
is serious always, painful frequently,
and sometimes, as everybody knows,
very tragic.
All these remarks apply especially to
the lovemaking of young people. When
au old stager proposes he may bo calm
and collected. It is the voice of experi
ence that speaks, and if ho is rejected
he may take it quietly enough, for in
all probability ho has proposed several
times before. There arc some old
bachelors who are chronic proposers.
There tiro some old flirts who may be
depended upon not only to make lovo
to any woman who will give them a
chance to do so, but who will be sure
to propose, too. These men mean it,
but they don't mean it very long, and
women understand them and will
have none of them. It Is the fair sex
that is the stronger in matters of this
kind. Tho unhappy marriages are nu
merous enough, but if women were as
weak as men thero would be a much
larger number of silly matches.
Now, strange as it may seem, thero
is no doubt that tho most, successful
proposer is the man who does it clum
sily. When a man speaks well and
calmly and gives a woman good reasons
for marrying him argues tho matter
justas though he were pleading a cause
in court the woman doesn't believe ho is
in earnest. It is not a case that is gov
erned by reasonable argument, and ap
peals to the brain are not what sho
cares about. The appeal must be made
to tho heart. He stands a good cliauco
of success us soon as ho convinces her
that his heart is thoroughly in earnest.
Washington Star.
THEIR ALMA MATER.
Hor i:ngllsh l'eopli, Itegnrd tho fSri-nl
Public Sellout.
In Kngland, while- a boy is still in tho
unreasoning ago of childhood, good
natured people will ask him playfully
what ho is going to bo. At a little later
stage tho inquiry takes another and
more serious form "What school aro
you going to?" Thero is no playful
ness in tho question now. Hereby
hangs a whole social history. In ono
family the tradition is for Eton, in an
other for Itugbyj and to theso traditions
father and son are, as a rule, absolutely
loyal, except under especial emergen
cies of typhoid or scarlet fever. Tho
true Englishman of tho upper class la
not moro certainly born
"either a llttlo Liberal,
Or clso a little Conservative,"
Hum ho is an embryo Harrow boy or
Winchester "man." In after-llfo ho
meets with the question: "What school
were vou at?" And hero again he is npt
to feol at ti disadvantage if ho cannot
fasten upon one of tho important public
schools tho credit or blame of his
youthful training. It matters nothing
that ho was only thoro for half a year,
lliati ho never roso above the lowest
form, that ho was Hogged half a dozen
times in os many weeks, that ho was
promptly expelled for outrageous insub
ordinationho was ut a pnblio school,
iio vi as tho caehtt of an English gentle
mar. To have been ut tho university
Is as nothing compared with this.
Many a man is compelled by army ox
umluations or by business' opportuni
ties to forego tho pleasures of tho alma
water. With the public school it is
otherwise: to this thoy must all eoino.
ilurpar's Magazin.0.
RClENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Thero aro over 400 fertilizer fac
tories In the United States which pro
duce more than $20,000,000 worth of
fertilizers annually. Less than u half
century agon, fertllirer factory had not
been heard of.
The manufacture of rubber bands
has attained considerable proportions'
In this country. One Indication of tho
growth of the industry is that they tiro
now being sold by the pound, where,' thir
ty years ago, they were priced by tho
gross. Tho price has gradually fallen
from about $7 to SL8."i per pound.
llccent experiments on the action of
metals on India rubber show that cop
per Is tho most deleterious. Platinum,
palladium, aluminium and lend act only
slightly, while magnesium, zinc, cad
mium, eobalt, nickel, iron, chromium,
tin, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silver
und gold have no action whatever on
this material.
Dr. Krug, a Herman heleutlst, hns
discovered a way of limiting what ho
claims to be eatable and nutritious
cakes out of wood by transforming the
cellulose Into grape sugar and adding
to it about -10 per cent of meal of wheat,
oats or rye. Thoy will be getting pic
nic lunches out of the trees next if it is
in tho wood.
There woro on Krillsh pastures hist
yctir nearly 20,000,000 sheep and lambs,
showing tin advance of nearly a million
nnd a half over the number in 1800.
Our total sheep stock, last year, more
over, ex'ceeded by :s,000,000 head the
Hocks of two years ago, and by more
than 4.000.000 tho Hocks of lfcSL Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
It is slated Hint there arc in Franco
4.1,000,000 hens, which, at an average
price of a francs 50 centimes per head,
represent a value of 1 l'.'.O.IO.OOO francs.
One-fifth of tho stock is annually con
sumed as food, and is sold for about 2'2,-
fiOO.000 francs. Two million cocks,
worth n.000,001) francs, are ulso sold as
food. Tho number of laying hens is
put down at 35, 000,000, and the annual
value of their eggs is 18:1,000.000 francs.
Twenty years ago New England
factories produced feO per cent, of the
boots and shoes made in this country.
The New England product has largely
increased, yot it is now but fifi per cent,
of the total value, the industry having
been established in other parts of the
country. Since 1880 importations of
hides and skins have increased about 4."
percent. 1) -ring the same period ex
ports of manufactures of leather have
increased moro than i' per cent.
Curious evidence shows that a cubic
inch of air at sea level contains about
:i.-i0,000.000 molecules. If the law of
regular diminishing density holds good,
a cubic inch of air at the height of 100
miles will contain about !1.')0,000 mole
cules, and at less than 'i'i'i miles only
one molecule. Opinions differ, however,
as to the actual height of the atmo
sphere's upper Siirfnce. Prof. Young de
clares that no definite upper limit can
be stated, while Prof. Korster, of Ker
lin, contends that it thin air, connected
with that of tho earth, pervades the
whole solar system.
To obtain printing rollers without
a seam, the engraved or relievo plates
produced in the ordinary way nro bent
together sons to form a cylinder with
tho design upon its outer surface, which
serves to produce in the galvanic way
an outer cylindrical mold with the de
sign on its inner side. This mold, sep
ated from the cylinder and strengthened
by wrapping a heated sheet of gutta
percha around it, is then used to pro
duce in the galvanic way another hol
low cylinder, which carries the design
upon its outer surface, and is then
mounted upon a solid metal core.
Dr. Ercudenrcieh has found by ex
periments that the cholera bacillus, if
put into milk drawn fresh from the
cow, dies in an hour, and in five hours
if put into fresh goat's milk. The bacil
lus of typhoid fever takes twenty-four
hours to dio in cow's milk and live hours
in goat's milk. Other microbes suiter a
like fate in varying periods, llut he
has also found that milk maintained for
an hour at a temperature of iill degrees
F., loses its power to kill microbes a
statement which is of interest in face of
the common teaching which makes the
purification of milk depend upon its
being boiled. Annales do Micrographio.
The total number of men and wo
men employed in the government de
partments in Washington is 4,8I!J, dis
tributed as follows: Superintendents
charged to the district congressional
library and executive mansion, b; sfoite
department and diplomatic service, 4'J;
treasury department, 1,1'i'i; war depart
ment, ,'iSS; commissioner of public build
ings, ISO; navy department, 108; navy
yard, G.Vi; post ollloo department and lo
cal post ofllcu, 411; interior department,
81.rj; department of agriculture, PJ:i; de
partment of justice and labor and mis
cellaneous olliccs, 10:1, and government
printing office, T.'iO. Of this number l,B2l
aro women.
WORKED LIKE A CHARM.
Tim Itoiison
tVhy Ho Didn't
t Club.
Attend the
Husband (first night after returning
from wedding tour) I'm going down to
the club to-night, lovo, and as I haven't
seen tliu loys for a long time, I may bo
late, so you needn't wait up for me.
Wifo (who had been warned by her
mother that this crisis in the matrimo
nial history was sure to arrive soonei
or later) As you have never left mc
alone before, dear, since our marriage,
1 am afraid 1 would feol very lonely in
your absence, so 1 think I will go to
tho theater. If you nro home before
me you need not wait up, for I can lot
myseirtn with tho latohdtoy.
Husband Kut you cannot go to the
theater unattended, my love.
Wife 1 will not go unattended.
Cousin Jack is home from his yachting
cruise. I will call ou him and ask him
to bo my escort. If ho Isn't in, I will
find somebody else. You needn't worry
about me, dear.
Husband (who used to bo dreadfully
jealous of Cousin Jack) Your Cousin
Jack Is homo again?
Wife Yes. And you needn't fear
that I shall bu dull in his company,
Jack is very entertaining, you know.
Husband (after pondering a while)
On second thoughts I don't think I'll go
to the olub, love.
Wife (demurely) On second thoughts
I don't think I'll go to to tho theater,
dear, Texas (Sittings.
IViitnr In tha ltesert.
In that enormous waste known as tho
Oobl Desert, north of China, showers
sometimes fall during the summer, und
tho torrents of a day fill tho dried-up
water courses through which water bel
doin runs. It is in these channels that
tho Mongols dig their wells, expecting
to find a llttlo water, when upon tlio
surface of tho plateau Itself tho soil has
lost all traces of humidity. It Is owing
to tho fact that a part of tho moisture
falling during a few rainy days is thus
preserved within reach that it is possi
ble for caravans to cross tho desert. N,
Y, Sun.
fir
A FIGHT WITH SEA ROBBERS.
A Now Version r nn Old Story About
Columbus.
It Is ono of thoso tales that illustruto
tho manners of this cruel age. The pi
rates had long been tho scourgo of tho
honest Venetian traders. Sometimes thoy
would disguise, themselves as merchant
men trading peacefully to Cundlii for
wine, and then throwing off their dis
guises, would prey upon till around
them. No mercy was shown in these
fearful contests. Ketwoen tho sen-robbers
and the merchants there wasa last
ing and deadly hostility. It was to tho
pirate class that tho Columbl belonged,
nnd of nil tho corsairs of the day thoy
were the most renowned. The elder Co
lumbus had apparently lain in wait in
vain for the rich licet that sailed yearly
to the north. Kut he had a son, known
lis Columbus Junior, who followed tho
same profession, anil whoso true name
was NIcolo Urii'go, or Nicholas tho
tlreek. He at last succeeded In the pro
ject which his father had so long es
sayed In vain. The prize was a tempt
ing one to tho bold buccaneers. Tho
Flanders galleys with their freight
were valued at two hundred thousand
duesits perhaps two millions of dollars
and would have proved an Immense
fortune to the captors could they have
retained the spoils.
In 1485 the galleys were equipped
with unusual care. We have tho de
cree of the senate under which they set
sail. The DogoOiovanniMoncenigoap
points the Noble KartolomeoMinio cap
tain, witha salary of six hundred dm ats.
Four gretit galleys are provided, an ! to
each raptuin a bounty of ;i,B00 gol I n
ducats is promised upon their safe .-o-turn
to Venice. This money was to
be paid out of the tax on the .lows, and
wills up anew Shakespeare's unreal pic
ture: it is plain that tho merchants of
Venice were the true shylocks of tho
time. A medical man was assigned to
the fleet: his salary was only nine
ducats a month. .Minute rules nro
given l ir the conduct of the expedition.
The freight is to be paid to the state.
No deck-loads of tin or pewter ware aro
allowed, no currants nor molasses aro
to be stored in tho hold. Two galleys
were to go Ui London or tho English
ports, the rest to Sluys or Kruges. On
their passage they might touch at
Malaga and other ports in Spain; on
their return a ship was detached to
trade with the Mohammedans along
the liarbary shore. The Venetians
were too keen traders not to find profit
able markets even in tho lands of tho
infidel.
The Columbl or tho Oriegoswcre ut
hist to sei.e their prize. They watched
with seven ships powerful, no doubt,
and well equipped off the Spanish
coast to intercept the ilectof Kartolomeo
Minio. The commander of flic pirates
was Nicolo Griego, the son, we are told,
of the elder Columbus. His father had
disappeared from sight. Kut with him
in the pirate ships was another Colum
bus, the future discoverer and admiral
of the Indies. In his "Life" Fernando
Columbus boasts of his father's share in
this famous engagement famous be
cause it led to the settlement of Colum
bus at Lisbon, his marriage, and his fu
ture exploits. He was. now a man of at
least fifty, hardened by thirty-six years
of ceaseless adventure. What position
ho held in the pirate ilect, whether as
commander or seaman, his son docs not
tell. We only know that ho served
under his relative, Columbus or Griego,
tind that he fought with desperate en
ergy in the famous sea-fight off Capo
St. Vincent.
The corsairs or the Columbl ap
proached their prey in the evening; they
waited all night on the still Atlantic,
and in the morning rushed upon the
Venetians. It was seven, perhaps eight,
ships against four. The galleys wero
heavy-laden and unmanageable, com
pared to their swift ussailants. Tho Co
lumbl hud evidently resolved to make
sure of their prey. They sailed under
the French flag, and may have been
fitted out in Genoa. It was the custom
of the pirates, it seems, to assume false
colors. Kut dreadful was the contest
and fierce the fight that raged till day,
as Columbus hud told his son, on tho
tranquil sea the scene, nearl3' four cen
turies later, of the battle of St. Vincent
and his narrative is continued by tho
Venetian archives. The four great gal
leys un-l-r Kartolomeo Minio defended
themselvo-i with unfailing courage.
From the first to the twentieth hour
they beat off their savage assailants.
The ships grappled with each other,
and fought hand to hand. They used,
we are told, artificial fire, and the pi
rates fastened their ships to tho galleys
by hooks and iron chains. Then no
dou lit they boarded, and wero at last
slice ..-.fill. And then Fernando Colon
relates the romantic inc.deut that lead,
he thinks, to the discovcrv of a nuw
world. The ship in which his father
fought was lashed by chains and hooks
to a great Venetian galley. Tho Vene
tians seem to have set Columbus' ship
on fire. The flames consumed both ves
sels. The only resource left to the sur
vivors was to leap into tho sea.
Columbus, an excellent swimmer,
sci.i'd an oar that floated near him, anil
partly resting on it and partly swim
ming, sustained himself in the wnter.
He knew that he was about six miles
from tho hind, the coast of Portugal,
and miide his way toward it. Wearied,
half inanimate, he wasdashed upon tho
shore, lie had much difficulty in re
viving himself. Kut ho was near Lis
bon, and made his way, a shipwrecked,
penniless seaman, to the Portuguese
capital. Eugene Lawrence, in Harper's
Magn.iuc. .
Thcso Soit ,robK.
The young man had received a fat
government job, which was largely in
the nature of a snap. Ono day a friend
of his who had been noticing how llttlo
work he did to earn his salary tackled
him.
"I say, Walter, my boy," ho began,
"you don't perform a great deal of labor,
do you?"
"No, I don't have to."
"Don't huvo to? Ain't you expected
to work?"
"Of course not," was tho candid re
ply. "It takes so much hard work to
get a job like this, that the authorities
haven't tho nervo to ask a man to do
anything more to earn his salary after
ho gets it. Seo?" Detroit Free Press.
Very .Much Alike.
"Don't you think my sVin resembles
mo?" asked an apothecary, as ho intro
duced his greasy-faced boy to tho witty
Dr. Jones.
"Yes," replied tho doctor, pretending
to scan tho physiognomy of each, "yes,
I think I seo your liniments in his coun
tenanco." Texas Sittings.
Moro Melinite.
Judgo You say, Miss, that you wero
out strolling with tho defendant last
evening and that he suddenly and with
out warning kissed you twleo on Proc
tor's placo?
Fair Plaintiff O, no, your honor, ho
kissed mo on tho mouth both times.
Gist
PUNGENT PARAaRAPHS.
Mnud "Why did you ifot sing to
night?" May "Kccauso they onlvasked
mo twice. The Idiots!"
:"Jllss May Turols stl'l u very hand
some woman. I wonder why she never
married?" "Sho used to lie a groat Illrt."
N. Y. Press.
Ambiguous. Karon "What do you
say, master, can a respectable man still
wear this suit?" Tailor "O. yos, llerr
Karon, butnotyou," Fllegende Klatter.
Klngley--" Wouldn't you llkon copy
of my poem on the girl who don't know
how to cook?" Ititizo "Thanks, old
man; but I've got the original lit liomp."
Truth.
Hicks "I don't know when I have
enjoyed a play so much; I sat through it
with bated breath." Mrs. I licks "Ex
cept when you wero out after bait."
N. Y. Herald.
The Most Unkindcst Cut of All.
The Leading Lady "The theft of my
diamonds was a great blow for me."
Heartless Reporter "Bo everybody
says." Jewelers Weeldy.
Softlelgh "Old Soak says ho saw
the aurora liorealls last night. I thought
he was nearsighted?" Sharplelgh
"That accounts for it. The old boy
can't seo beyond his own nose." N. Y.
Tribune.
"Difficult! Why, I could learn to
play that piece of music In no time at
all." "That's tho trouble with your
playing." "How so?" "You play every
thing in no time at all."
An EffectivoThreat. Mrs. Pea straw
"Johnny, you stop sliding down that
board or I'll whip you." Johnny "I
won't." Mrs. Peastraw "You stop or
I'll I'll cut your hair." Johnny (stop
ping) "Yes, ma-a-in."
Mrs. Lushforth "What is tho exact
meaning of 'jag?'" Mr. Lushforth
"Strictly speaking, it means that a man
is not entirely intoxicated -just merely
on the way." "I wish you would come
home early some evening and let mo see
for myself." Indianapolis Journal.
After .Many Years. Strawber
(proudly) "That shirt was worn by
my grandfather in the war of 1812."
Slngerly "It's strango that I never
saw it before." Strawber "It has just
comeback from the laundry." Clothier
tind Furnisher.
"How tire you, Fogg?" exclaimed
Fenderson: "I've been on n regular
wild goose chase und I'm glad I'vo found
you at last." Fenderson thinks ho must
have said a good thing tho way the
boys laughed, but he can't for tho life
of him tell what it was. lioston Tran
script. Foresight. He "And you refuse
to bo mine?" Sho "Yes, I I must."
"Then you do not love me?" "Yes, I
do; but if I accepted you and tho en
gagement bcciimu known every eW
would declare 1 had done the popping."
Koston News.
CUTTING THE HAIR.
Curious tViiys or Iloliif- It hi Various
Countries.
The development of the beard has
been a matter of no small importance,
and the cropping of Louis VII.'h chin
brought on three centuries of bloodshed.
Pedro IV.. of Aragon (l'I.M), found him
self compelled to prohibit his ( 'a talonian
subjects from wearing false beards, but
the most singular substitute was the
golden beards worn by the kings of
Persia. The kings of France of tho first
dynasty wore beards entwined with
gold threads.
The custom of shaving the beard was
enforced by Alexander ol Maecdon for
a practical end. Tho beard wasa nourcc
of trouble to Peter the Groat, who,
simultaneously with the introduction
of his great reforms in Russia, tried to
induce his people to imitate the shaving
nations. To the Russian of olden times
tho beard was a symbol of liberty.
In olden times, when every part of
the body had its price, tho beard was
valued at twenty shillings nnd the loss
of a leg was estimated at twelve shil
lings. Keards were at various times taxed in
England, and the sheriff of Canterbury
paid three shillings and four pence for
wearing a beard, in the first year of
Elizabeth's reign every beard of above n,
fortnight's growth was taxed three
shillings and six pence, but tho law was
too absurd to be enforced. Peter the
Great imposed a tax of a ruble upon
beards, but it was soon canceled.
In lb4t George C. Kadger, secretary of
the navy, issued a general order, iu
which was ' included his celebrated in
structions: "The hair of all persons be
longing to the navy is to be kept short
and no part of the beard is to be worn
long excepting the whiskers, which
shall not dosjond more than ono inch
below the tip of the ear and thenco in a-
lino toward the corners of tho mouth
These were nicknamed "Kadger whis
kers."
In Enrone nnd a linrtbm rif AJm 1im.k-.1u 14
prevail until we go beyond India, when , 7
gradually beards disappear, as in thei it
case with the Chinese, Japanese nndV ft
Siamese. i'
The Siamese have a quaint and pic
turesque custom, which Is celebrated in
every family pretending ti wealth und
fashion when a child becomes of age, of
cutting the topknot. This topknot is u.
round patch of hair allowed to grow on
the top of the head while the rest of the
hea'd is closely shaved. It is worn until
the boy is to become in a measure inde
pendent, or in tho case of girls till their
marriageable age begins to draw near.
Tho date is regulated by tho fancy of
the family soothsayer, and ranges from
nine, eleven nnd thirteen years. Chi
cago Mail.
('nriiiir for I'liito IIiihh.
Scratches can be tal-n out of plate,
when they are slight, and tho glass pol
ished at the same time. Procure some
of tho finest emery, put it in u Jug with
wnter, stir vigorously, and pour out into
another jug after a second or two. The
coarse particles will remain in tho first
jug. Thu contents of the second must
bo allowed to settle, which will tako
some hours; then run through filtering
paper after removing tho bulk of the
water, and the precipitate is a powder
which will remove tho scratches. Apply
witli tho linger, a bit of good cork or
felt. That will leave tho glass cloudy,
but tho polish can bo brought up by a
paste of jewelers' rougo and water,
rubbed on with tho finger or cork as be
fore. If very fine results nro required
tho rougo is washed like the emery, and
only tho impalpable powder employed.
Kanner of Gold.
it Didn't llnrii. ji
Koston Matron .My lovo, you shoulil
study domestic as well ns political econ
omy, for in tho exigencies of mundano
cxistenco no seer can prognosticate tho
iuturo, xou navo already disbursed av
oi tno present your undo gavo you.
Small Daughter JLlcnow, mother, bf J
tho money was all in now coins and tlij
PRlrrnu nracnlnnvHetU ll.ni T .ll..in.j
to retain them in my possession, N
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