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SULLIVAN -JBS&* REPUBLICAN. W. M, CHENEY. Publisher. VOL. XTI. The number of emigrants from J Great Britain find Ireland decreased very largely last year. "Home in its palmiest days knew nothing of buckwheat cakes or codfish balls," exclaims tho Detroit Free Press. The Hartford Journal man sagely remarks that people who think every one ought to be perfect should re member that even the sun lias spots on it. There tiro seven colleges in tho United States which maintain daily newspapers, namely: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and the Uni versity of California. The insurance statistics of England show that in ease of the deaths of hus band and wife, if the wife dies first, the husband survives riino years, while if the husband is the first to die, the widow lives for eleven years longer. Puck turns philosopher : "Tempor ary insanity is the excuse for a good many things; but what excuse can be given for temporary insanity? Has any one ever heard of this madness causing the doing of a good action?" The English Home Secretary has re fused to allow Mrs. May brick, the American woman who is alleged to have poisoned her husband, to be subjected to a hypnotic test in order to discover whether she is guilty or innocent. George W. Childs, the great philan thropist, once said that the best in vestment he ever made was sending an overworked employe on a two-months' trip to Europe and paying his ex penses. Said lie: "He could do twice as much work when he came back, you see." Southwest Louisiana is one of the best sheep countries in the world, maintains the Courier-Journal. Sheep live all the year on the range, and there are no wild animals that prey upon them. The only expense involved is in driving them up, marking tho lambs and shearing. Secretary Lamont estimates the militia strength of the country at one eighth the total of population, and thinks that in cttse of need the United States could take the tiold with an army larger than that of any civilized nation of the world. 8,"2:13,997 men is his figure for the available military strength of the country. ' " ~ The New York Tribune, incomment- j ing ou the recent aggravated ease of crime at Con t I University, asserts that college ruiliauisni is dying out, ami that a bet ter feeling prevails among i college students generally now than in former days. "We hope that it is so," 1 remarks the New York Witness, "and that tin college faculties will pluck nn courage enough to make and to en force righteous laws without regard to consequence. 1 Southwestern North Carolina shelters I th<' most important and prosperous | baud i>t Indians iii tiie East. They are ' Cherokee*, and tin band is an incur- I porati I company. Their whole nunr ! Iter is aI it 11' over I "»*Hi. and thev in habit a beautiful mountain region. 1 Although they retain their aboriginal features and thi stroll-; frames of Iheil j *u\age ancestors, thev dresH in the I garment' of Civilization and follow the pursuits of white uieli. The I.riiicipal | chief i a distinguished looking 111*11 . j he lias three sweet looking daughter', two of whom would l>e uotiecablv pretty girls 111 < ueiitiiiiH Old i fwbiouttd ipiuuiill wli d» are Still Used 111 til)' >-tbiUM of thes. IudIBM. Several wealthy New Yorkers have ■pelit a great lb il 111 Ui >U« > 111 the 1 111 j |>ro« riiii ll* of Jekyll I itlid. oil the I Cons' of (ii aud W" * It Is oliti 01 th> lim 1 winter H'treaU in the 1 ruuutri tii irge ill«*i»t in, publisher of the HuiT-tlo Courier, deacriliei II u* follow. "Nature did mil'h to mil. 1 Jekyll a thin* of beaut >, and malt . ud Momt have ma le it aiorev r \V. hive the gr ill b.| biM 'li on lit, 11 it cm abort*, *» Hood »» Iti i of uib toll, elev. II nub. |oi,„- r. . lis* to I. »> j fe.-i W|l|l , it* hard, whlti an l* Wn-tml twice pi r litem b> old , that an eternal In it.» On Ih island we Ua%« aport It* 'or m t fed deer, th« wild Wl'-I Ih Mir fiif * %t*tl ii» «»! ttif t Nimr U, villi# til* « .Ihm... tlruu* Jir.l'll. al I | M . Hi, , hoii .. * n » > ,1 r«»lt »m# * llll* •* * (t«*i *.»»«! |H«I • i I», - » iu«l 1 » U I LIFE AND LOVE. Life has hurried T.ovo away, As though ho never knew its liirth. I.OVO holds no lasting fealty here, Upon this solemn earth. Jjove, the bondsman, eamo an hour To sport above t well of things ; Life, the master, went his way— Crushed are tho irisod wings. —Melvillo Upton, in Seribner. OUR INVISIBLE GUEST. B\' H. 0. DODGE. f-X |SE were spending jA /r y\ m a pleasant even wffl : ' n k' ' u " ,c parlor y[ IB J|/l of my father's ffl try home when * the front door > bell rang and started us all into guessing who our visitor might be In spite of my blushing attempt to ridicule the idea it was pretty well settled—by the youngest mem bers of our family, at least -that our caller would prove to be a young man and neighbor supposed to be deeply in love with me, when our dainty waiting maid announced a messenger with a telegram. Of course that unusual event in our rural and sometimes too quiet exist ence, caused a little commotion, and, as the dispatch was addressed to me, 1 was watched with curious eyes while I opened the envelope and read its con tents. "Will start to-morrow to visit you," it said; "hnvo sent trunk to-day," signed, "Mary Norton." She was my very dearest girl friend on earth and had long promised to visit me. The anticipation of her coming made everyone so happy that nothing more was said about my "beau," for wlijcli I was thankful. The next afternoon the expressman brought the expected trunk. 1 had it taken upstairs and placed in my room, for I insisted that my best friend should share my lovely, sunny bed chamber and not be poked away in the cold apartment reserved for ordinary guests. Alter some trouble and complain ing, for tho trunk was unusually large and heavy, the expressman, helped by our gardener, carried it up and set it against the foot of my bed, there to wait for its beloved owner. As I have mentioned, our house and grounds were large and handsome, for my father, being rich, prided himself on maintaining a home befitting a country gentleman. We also pos sesscd much jewelry and other rare treasures, and, for fear of robbers, our house was well projected without by dogs aud within by bolts and bars and electric alarms at each door and window. In addition we all had large dinner bells by our bedsides to ring furiously in case of necessity, and the male portion of the family had 110 end of guns and handy pistols. Consequently, on the following morning when we discovered that we had been robbed during the night, wt were frightened and shocked beyond measure. Almost every room had been en tered and nearly alt our jewelry was gone. Even watches from under pil lows alt.l pockctbooks from father's •ml brother's trousers hud been taken. And most puzzling aud alarming of rII was the fact that not the slightest sign of breakim; in or out could be fotiud at n single door or window. The electric contrivances were all uu diaturbed. Who could bavi done the robbery ? We couldn't suspect our servants of any share in tin crime, for long years of faithful duty proved the contrary. If a burglar had secreted himself in the hollsc before closing tunc, which seemed probable, how could h't have gotteu out and left no trace? The more we tried to solve the riddle the more mysterious it lavaine to us, though the villas constable, hastily sent lor, said he >1 -00u have a theory to work 011, 11l the afternoon of tlint nwfiil tla\ uuotln ' ta'U'^rhiii cam« to inir house from Mary Norton It read "Moth or t ilddi lily ill. ( auuot ruim . Will aetnl fur trunk I'Uatae deluur to «<\ pressman when In i'iitin. Will writi part iimiiai» " In hii hour follows Hint caiu* lb# «lpre«titiau nutl, (.In'l Ihni Mnr* »u Itl I* *pared till > 111 pleas* 111 ||f sa of H vimi ui iii'li h forlorn limn, we let uiir man U- 11■ hint n«»y with the lini v trunk from it* iilnv at lln- foot of lu; lit'il, I r a wretk we did our baat, aaaialcti, too, liy fit* detect to iliMont a clue to tin rolilu-rs, Imt all in »aiu And iii rj ilav miH'itl to tkv |«»l nftfn l«*r ui* frii-ii4 * prttttiMHl letter, tmt iioiix . aiut I heii mtiiuu* tor fear km mot In ■ hm mi iimity ill, I •lulu to bet Ity r«i iirit mall caiue ■ll aii»»i«r, Iruuk ii-.i hllflM Ikd ktl Ml 11. i waa not alt k, au I aakiitg wbat it all Utah I At one* I iiuilartin ..I our rotil urv lb* ImrgUf lia.l i wli IB Ilia Irufck •to ii ii ■ tik' fc* im I paaaed tha m bl •»>!• »!•• n lie aaa >u*klu« tb» r> u»>»i »! |(n» kiiUn. in •«» i i .iii •hi a I aw ikilli i lima wttb bi* »aluaMi plum!*! br bail Ik ii dMMi* -I aaa* >a bi> i|4ti I bi<lot|| plma V wouilmt ik» Ifmiik aa* baa* * I •< V i1.i1.l ltoi« |iMi|itiii|i *Hi ll 11.. iii Mdi ba>l wat« In I In* until mhlMh I *aa »■ mi l aale* t, Than li« itmil l a>« ■ ii|il ami il.» tb"W*lil w» la i... .hull tatal N. Ilkw.ia iii i <1 iba . >ib m>l i...1 t li t ii iiatMM|«#|a|§ «a| tlm'.l in ,i, ( Iha ii .» . *!.*•• i •••• l/lM »*>ia a iai k»«ta LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1894. The expressman, whom wo fonnd to be honest tind unsuspicious in the mut ter, had given it to the railroad which, on telegraphic orders, had forwarded it to an adjacent city. There it was called for and taken away by a dray man who likely was an accomplice of the burglar, for no one at the station knew him and nothing further could bp learned regarding tlie trunk, at least for the time being. Now comes the strangest and almost incredible part of my story. Some months after our robbery 1 was on a week's visit at my uncle's house in a distant town. Like my father's, it was spacious, and showed evidence of the wealth it contained. One evening after supper and while we were all gathered in the parlor a telegram was brought in and handed to my Cousin Alice. Of course my detective curiosity was aroused at the similarity of the event and when it turned out to be almost identical in its reading with the one sent to me the night before our burglar, I in stantly knew what was coming. So did the rest, for they, as you may guess, were not ignorant of the af fair. For some moments we gazed at each other in speechless astonishment. Then Uncle John, bound to joke, 110 mntter what happened, asked me with mock seriousness if I would like the expected trunk set in my room, which, being the guest chamber, was the right place for it. My look of terror made him smile in spite of his straight face. "No! No!" I gasped. "I should tlie at the sight of it. Oh, Uncle John, do send for the police at once. I'm sure we'll all be murdered in our sleep." "Yes, but we want to trap your bur glar friend," he laughed, "aud maybe recover your jewels. However, if yon are so unhospitable, perhaps Alice will take the stranger in." But Alice, with a face more scared than mine, declared positively that she wouldn't. "Well, then, I will do tho honors," said unelp, glancing mischievously at his frightened wife. "John ! you shall do no such thing," spoke up auntie, with a trembling voice, "I'll have the trunk thrown down the well as soon as it arrives. No burglar, dead or alive, comes into my room. The idea!" Finally we settled down to business and fixed 011 a plan to catch the com ing burglar red-handed and without any danger to ourselves. Early next morn in;. I moved from the guest's chamber to my room with cousin Alice. Then m\ deserted apart ment had its windows securely barred, so that our expected guest could not escape through them should he feel so inclined, and its door was fixed to be strongly bolted from outside, in the hall. Some old watches and jewelry of small value were carelessly left on the dressing ease to tempt the rascal and keep him in innocence of our crafty scheme. Several well-armed men were to l»e stationed quietly in ami about the house, to do whatever fighting might be necessary, though our plan was to let the burglar rest in fancied peace, if possible. Then, after his departure 111 the trunk, we were to follow ami capture his pals iu the city, aud so re cover the previously stolen articles. 'Tin ni'filli KM to mention our excite ment, of waiting all the next day for the trunk, or our scarcely concealed limitation when, toward evening, it arrived. Uncle John liiinstlf, loudly proclaim ing his gladness Hi the plea»urc of the visit it promised, helped the unsiis peeling c\preHMiuau up the lirond stair citse llnd oarefully left it in the guest chamber, right aide up iiiul where it could lie observed from the h-tlI liy peeping through the key-hole of tin- Well-fastened door. Ilefove dark I miiHtercd courage enough to atcal in atockiuged feet to the key hole mid peek 111. Yea, the trunk wan the very oue I lihil entertained and eveu sat on in my room nt home, with never it thought of it i horrid occupant. I'gh! The si t; lit of it aeut i'ii 11 In through me and aruilaed a feeliliK ou luv scalp, aa if my liuir wan trvilli; to erect Itaelf. Hastily 1 run away from that wnrae than Itliii Heard iilnunlnir, and never aloppetl alilVerillg till "Upper was over Von may lie sure lio eyt'M were cloaed ill the In ' Use that ii lit The men guarding the hull heard tile klioli of the priaoii room tloor aoitly tried, Imt, of eoiirae, it dldu I oiMift, which wan lucky for the ra-cal within \t last daylight cnuie aud relieved tta of aome of otir aWllll miapeuae Vfti r lin aklast I ucle .loliu uoiaeleaalv Ulll'tdli-d Hie door aud, carelessly lllllli uiiiig a lii lie and cou-ealtug a hand* wi a poll, entered the room. I lit Iruuk a|nod just aa It waa left lilt ■ii 1 i Hilt lln |t'Welr> Mini "til'l hud i|laap|Har'<d Irollt llie ilria-IIIK I'M' W iii it lira** I uel* Jobu rvluru»d to tta to report bin ty«a aboUu Willi a liunli i a delight Ilia umim »ai trapped aud ready to U Im ki .I when Ibe litwe I'auit) Jital tailor* diumr Ibe otber Ink M'aiit, uiiuoal a dupllcala ol iiuue, artiviMi, auil aftvr it lUa wkptnaaiuan tot ilia trunk thain une'i an I tb •kill iitialiapiilu'la lliau llltad Ibe burglar • rtiii|'iti'it aud plee*<t it on tb» wa«|oa to into Iba laiil a I ata tIMH I In u. aa *• aaii tii I it ilini* i»*i aiib ttttilii aa I a pail iil *uiMlaliki« m a bugy i aa Un l tpiak aim** a a blip! 1 I til teal lb* alulty am i* told t|a •a tin lollowiuy 4m) mkmm h* e«Mn b' >MM tifil) ftiifli It ii ka M'li'Hi M 4l tin .tall.* bt aai i. '»• louad a um* faatMutaiil. übap • ♦ilia, Whf* M 11 it a k mii . b* pa.-i Ik- a ata* |de«* Ik . a b« Iw4»l *a l. m». -a Im >il| detectives to meet me ou arrival of tho train. "When the trunk was placed in tho baggage part of the smoking car its owner got ou board and took his seat among the smokers. Ah innocent as a babe I plumped down beside liini and in a right friendly way offered him a cigar, which, like a gentleman, he accepted. Then, puffing our cigars together as chummy as yon please, we soon got acquainted and had a truly delightful chat—principally about the weather, though, for the fellow was mighty careful V> avoid other topics. "Wheu we reached New York I found it necessary to attend to some business, which concerned him rather more than he thought, so shaking hands 'good-bvc,' and expressing a hope to become better acquainted. 1 left, him watched by my town con stables while 1 sought my smarter city detectives and put them 'onto him.' "His drayman was 011 hand waiting near the baggage-room. As soon as he got the trunk 011 his cart and drove off a ways my smoking friend was neatly "collared and cuffed" and marched in au opposite direction be tween two valiant policeman. Then the detectives and my self took a cab and started after the trunk. "Through streets becoming dirtier and wickeder we followed, without at tracting suspicion from the drayman, until he stopped before an apparently unoccupied house and prepared to un load. Ere he could do so one detec tive jumped on his cart, and without speaking started his horse ahead again. The other, aided by ine, grabbed the fellow aud prevented him from mak ing 1111 outcry to alarm his pal in the trunk. Immediately several police men who I didn't know were following behind suddenly appeared and burst into the house which turned out to bo a 'fence' for the thieves. "Leaving our surprised drayman 111 charge of some of the officers we seated ourselves iff the cab ami again followed the trunk to a police station house, into which it was carried and placed in front of the captain's desk 011 the floor. "Then silently we awaited results. It was dusk, and as no lights were yet burning to let our game see where he was we rightly supposed he would think himself safe at home and act ac cordingly. Prepared to turn 011 the gas full blaze when he did so, wo watched the trunk. For perhaps fif teen anxious minutes' it seemed life less. Then we heard a movement in side, heard a bolt drawn and saw the lid slowly rise and a head cautiously appear. Up went the gas and over went the trim lid. pulled by an armed office. At first the head, or its face rather, wore a happy, tri umphant, broad grin ; then as things didn't look familiar its eyes opened witler in an effort to understand mat ters. while the grin laded away like a rainbow. Then, as the facts of the case forced themselves 011 the bur glar's startled brain the poor fellow's hair straightened, lus eyes bulged out like a lobster's aud the astonishment and terror depicted 011 his youthful, but evil features beat acting all hollow. "'Come out of that, you scamp!' shouted the police captain as soon as he could talk for laughing, 'and give an account of yourself. What's the uame of this particular racket any how ?' "The burglar tried to laugh also, hut it was a dismal failure. 'Oh, that's all right,' he grinned, 'I took ye/, for the conductor. That's why I was scuretl. Ycr see, I've been heating tin- railroad, boss, taint every chap km Kit ahea i of old Yandcrbilt and C'hanneey Ik'e-pue. But ilon't tell 'em, kors they'll he n-upcuiug ull the trunks on the line and the wiiumilt might object. Ha, ha. ha ! Nay.purty sliek trick, wasn't it'.'' '"The burglar's bluff was good, but it diiln't work for a cent. "'What ver doing with those watches in the trunk ?' asked a police man as he tished them out after the fellow had paiul'ully managed to crawl out himself. "'Seciu'if the road runs on tunc, boss. The blamed train was ten miu utes late aud I'm goin to report it. Sit, ver hain't got aswallerot whisky jfi'l coul.l lend a tired traveler, hey? Couldn't gel at the water cooler, yer know.' "'Will, you'll have u«> trouble gtt linn nl the 'cooler uow- Lock hliu ii|i, S< r..i ant W> It givt hliu another free • r11> to morrow.' "Uif t<> the cell they took the wretch, aud thru we flammed his trunk. It was pa>tded inside so that Itt'ing tossed it It. nit by hitggage .mustier* eoul In't hurt There were pocket* Ilia It to button 111 tile lining, lull only a couple Wt.ru tilled with liu plunder. Mourn empty tlasks un>l oruiulm ot food Ml' fwilUtl. 11l lilt) bait lout autl sidtt acre ventilating antl peephulva. 4 man un lit live a week in tkat trunk, I ilnuk.it his provision* hebl »ut ' In a week or mi I ft «Mtvcd a uolit?" to uppttr in a N* a tult court It* mi ltx|niuii|t autl nU utlfy I hi' thing* I It It 111 Hit own h ' ■!> , ultialof which we rt-d I saw the truuk "Main, and its i»'eu|-4itl, lint I ,4t|t'w lit ku«w lilt brlit I ihaU I 'tit hliu lit. troll tree l'l*» lli-atl* td'iiw till Wl\t| Hit ttart 111 %fe ' lit *l • Kli au Sir. t>b»tf«i I iu> Halter one day to mi, titanipu lat t n iht ml iitii of mi with 9 (t«>t nth an I wtnit I ludiwu tutly dta i in.ii ...I * t a In adtb I "VM rn> I •l*|.n. I h. aI . .«••• «" up t" «*t» a*. . tfepliu* Hi it*Mkstt*'t| '* and lit.ii I n I st * aitvl lattili tit lluiu THE WANDERING KIRIiHESE PICTURESQUE NOMADS OF THE STEPPES OF ASIA. i'he Milking Hour Is Tlielr Chief Amusement—Marriage au Import ant Aflair—A Itride's Dress. THE Kirghese are a nomadic tribe, living in the steppes of Asia, north of the Caspian d Sea, and among the environs of Issi-Kul. They are one of the most interesting and picturesque tribes ef that wild and bar oar ic country, for the reason that they make no pretense to civilization, yet live in comparative comfort, with the name primitive cus toms which their ancestors maintained before thom. Their houses aro bam boo or wicker huts, which are open to the weather in summer, but in winter are thatched with heavy blankets of their own manufacture and walled with solid masses of snow fifteen feet high. These are pressed against the dwellings, making them air-tiglit amd shutting out the severe cold of that rigorous climate. A hole in the side admits light, or at least aw much of it as those children of the wilds make nso of. Like the Indians, they sit or re cline about their fires on deerskin of their own curing, and add the smoke of their pipes to the clouds that em anate from the lire, not minding in the least the stifling atmosphere. To these nomads life is mostly a holiday. Their laws are simple and traditional, a chief settling all their disputes with a royal autocracy. They are not warlike as are their neighbors the Cossacks, and give much attention to the hunt and a rude sort of agricul ture. The women, who dress almost exactly like the men except 011 holi days or at weddings, do the greater part of the domestic work. It is they who manufacture in large quantities that delightful beverage which ia known to Europeans as kumvs, kouiuies, kumiss, and is made of mares' milk. The evening and morning amuse ment of the Kirghese is the milking hour. Then the herds of goats, camels, mares and colts urn driven in from pasture, and the women turn out in their mam.ish costumes and high fur hats—if it is winter —to milk and chatter, ft is, then, a labor of love, since thoy all lore kumys, which is their substitute for whisky. It is really a strong intoxicant when fer mented with a mixture of asses' inilJt, goats' fnilk andVairfnls' milk, making a liquor so that one glnsN of it. will upset a temperate Enropean, while ft native vrill imbibe eight or ten glasses before ho loses his head. The Kirgheso sip their kumys with true appreciation of its exhilarating prop erties, and all the time that can be spared from eating is set aside for drinking, when men, women anil chil dren alike participate. When the Kirgheso move their quarters from on** valley or mountain to another they make it the occasion of great, hilarity and feasting. Then the women wear the gay costumes of merry-makers, ridins? horseback like tuPH, driving the herds before them, among which the children are dis tributed in paniers bv themselves on camels or colts, the sagacious beasts seeming to know that they are part of the family, and conducting themselves with great discretion. Marriage among the Kirghese is a very important affair. Ibe bride has little to say in the matter, she being accepted bv a lover in consideration of a dowry of camels and horses, when the contract is made before the <'lnef, according to the laws of their religion, which is Mohammedan. I lie bride is decked in the richest stutls, for the Kirgliesi ure wealthy m the :u«cuintl lation of costly silks and jewels, which aro handed down from one genera tion to another, to be woru per haps but once in a lifetime. It a bride is married as her mother was be fore her, she will wear a kalat of striped ailk in all the gorgeous colors of the orient. Her jacket will be trimmed with bands ot gold and silver aci|ilins, and her trousers tucked into elegant boots of variegated leather, while her fur cap will be studded with Jewels as lilg as tbe Koh-rno»»r. Lite face will then be covered with a vetl m hieh has two slits for the «*, and Uiesii untaught daughter* of hve isu manage « veil in the most en4|iiettu»h and faw-inattiiK inauuer so that no at tractive feature i» r«all\ couces' I The Kirifhe»f is a sovereign in his owu i iicht and nrvt'f iwkiioalodK*'* * Sliperiur When two of 111. no u uleet, the question lir»t propounded I* till-: "Who are thy nrwu siunalors 1 I lis atiawer i» usually ' iti*laclon, a* « v* ry triU-xiiotn can reelte hi* lineage sinoolblv as il It »en a 'Ue lls>fU*d li'Msili. l«lke III* prawi"*, " t* a pari ol hi* lueUtal tit'iUK, 'or lh»-». llnHwll are u»unhi certain lhiii«» traditioaiilv, and never disturb them native po«*e» sIoHh by any ae«|ui»e«l kiiowledit*. They retain the fundamental tiutUs, and Iheir khaii, or tribal • tuel, does thereat llelfoil t'fess. Ihe lulmuit The Caliuud la ot iitiy coiup<"'ated >'oMt|M»ilioit t iiwiuiuii a* it h»<\ wight Wrauilttfa lit tiflel, hoWvtef, It is a Motivation ut Kutw, I' l'IU»IU >•! t' at* hi* and doe tut* 014 tils I'uulii Ibi J« visit law I hviv si i tat* I alniit'l*, th« ttaby lonian au I tin I'slnit*. , liMtvsvH lb. I.i ih«i e«.ut«.i| va< i Iff* i ol telmioMa hwMUUm ol hi t»ii«>s| i« l«.f«k> • of g«.>Miai<tt« ai lilslt, of HmmiMMA*'* • s».t » th«. mtt-ntr the Itab i i man taj.'.t i«U* liuis lit Hiilli 1 ' u Mil •la the t'a». >nm« i»« it » I tslsi i It - Ml' *« * * Iv % ||l vl | I*4 14 S • llh a.l*l p. ««• ) M . 1 •It) an'a* a* •» ' ■ »« .- . |>4%»a»si -ay4ta.'*H Terms---® 1.00 in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months. SCIENTIFIC AMI INDUSTRIAL. A shorthand typewriter is the latest invention. On a warm day sound travels at the rate of 775 miles an hour. More people have died from cclils than were ever killed in battle. The speed of the newest rapid-fire guns is at tho rate of 1968 miles an hour. Every pontoon used in the French Army weighs IGSB pounds and has a buoyancy of 18,675 pounds. The hottest place in the United States last summer was Bagdad, Ari zona, where tho mercury often reached 140 degrees in the shade. A gas well with a pressure of over 4,000,000 feet near West Muncie, Ind., is on fire, and all efforts to check the flames havo so far proved futile. Experiments with aluminum at the Navy Department render it likely that it will form an important part in the construction of light craft here after. Piscatorial authorities say that, were it not for the natural enemies of fish, the codfish would fill all the available space in the seas, rivers and oceans. A tiny electric light fastened to the end of a pencil is a recent invention to enable reporters to make notes in darkness, and find the key hole when they reach home. Our nickel five cent piece gives a key to the intricacies of the metric system, aw it weighs exactly five grammes, ami it is exactly two centi meires in diameter. Two physicians have arrived at the conclusion that most persons struck by lightning and to all appearances dead could bo recalled to life by ap plying tile method of artificial respir ation in use for resuscitating tho drowned. Professor Langlev demonstrates that if a body of coal sufficiently large to last the United States a thousand years should be set on fire, the heat given forth from it would not equal that which the sun gives out 111 the thousandth part of a second. The interior of Greenland is esti mated to he covered with ft shield shaped cap of snow find ice not less than 5000 feet, or one mile in thick ness. In winter this mighty shield is even thicker, and its pross tonuagu becomes something thiit paralyzes th« imagination. ami banrupts the boi where the {winter keeps his zero signs. The Knglish Government report of an investigation into the influenza epidemic of thr last fonr years, re gards the proof of the contagiousness of the disease from person to person as overwhelming, and denies that it is transported through the atmosphere; another warning of the folly of un necessary contact with the sick, 01 contact without precautions; an emi nent laryngologist attributes the COP tagiouaness to the breath. Danger iu tlie Hath. Some of the facts recently brought to light on the philosophy of liathiug are as interesting as they are import ant, and special mention may be made of the investigation m tins liue by M. Wertheimer, of Paris, and now com municated l>y him to the public. He shows that a sensation of cold on the skin acts as a circulation of the lower part of the trunk, that is to say, on the veins, and also on the brain, in the saiue way as a mechanical or electrical stimulus of the sensitive nerve* of the skin, 'l'liis observation, it is declared, aflords an explanation of the fact that a sudden immersion of the body 111 colli water after a meal, ainl while tlii process of digestion is goiug on. may lie attended with dan ger; at such a tiiue the abdominal system is the seat of intense physio logical congestion, and the accumula tion of blood iu it i* suddenly thrown hack toward the nervous centres, and the ooiMMM|tiouce may l<v a disorder re sulting m death. New York Tele gram. Intruding Krult Juices. The diffusion process of extracting juice from fruits in gaining groiiud. It has long been applied in Prance in the extraction of beet root juice tor sugar, and it la UOW used 111 making cider without a cider mill or a eider prew. In crushing and pressing the apples the pilte fruit pi Ice IS uot oh tallied, lor much nllnimiuoid mailer is extracted with it from the eell* In the in « process the jutoe is Witslir* I out from sliced fruit with cold aat. r Warm water act* more ipuckW, but tile result Is lio| ucarly so savory I 111 a i|« r pAsxcN front one compartment title.l aith fruit to another, and th<* prod-ma u so artaugt ■( that in i-tu'li it •iieeta fresher Hint tliaii 111 lb ' last, so 112 iat it li .ooi Mttnrated with Jttlct , or, rallu r, It and tin- puce eh mx* places, «u> that nearly pore puce lasues from ll|e line 111 11. t*l|e results ar* Slid t » s»tl»lacl..rt IU till' Ills' lll -I dt Xlee V a Vork Ailletlim r Siirllliw Hefill m >wt t,a»». t lie 111 lU'll \. a I*l 111 ¥ It Clded sallltu time ago to I' In#ill t fetich rupliy, and vert asm il a ill lastie a pa lll phl< 141 >lll*l lelaii» il ih« change > to made It la a iuatt*-i of con pi lull Una n*l«cfc slle 141 i "M tike I'l 111 ■won pei'pit. all! pa * lUi i Mutal l«mi» tlb,j a ith Iki i| laittiUa n *» Hum. tiling ill tbv ami kiud aaa timl in tlt r<uaM« a b a i »M - ,o, a ill* .|ul i m« . ' 111 lit 11. it. I 'SI I 1 1 I • ' '•» «• U'.l l» hail I*. ■ I >ll ,11. tut a lt m "• »b •»'•"»«*« ol ta. Ink at»u« (ha IUIM wi iik-ieti- i It («m. toil Iks >ai Mmkptm ha. i iim ln» i| llllltul It It I* « I II! ill •♦« *SMN»Im« *• «I 1* J..11 .4J I NO. 27. THE BRIGHT SIDE. Lonkin' on the bright side— That's the way togo ; Eet YOU it's the right side— Summertime cr snow ! Nuthin' much in grievin'— ' Keeps you in the groove It's a man's beiievin' Makes the mountains move! Clouds is «ot a light side- All the bells'll chime; Lookin' on the bright side Gits there every time ! —Atlanta Constitution. Hl T .HOR OF THE DAY. Peacemakers and fools carry cracked heads. A lie never stops to put on its hat. —Rani's Horn. It is not what one knows, but how one tells it, that determines one's ability. You can always tickle a girl with a feather, if it happens to be an ostrich feather.—Puck. There is not faith enough in this world togo around and never was.— Galveston News. The woman who is vain of her beauty is as wise as the man who is vain of his brains.—Puck. The man who is "always on the go," generally doesn't know how to stop when he gets there. —Puck. When a girl goes visiting she re turns home as soon as she has worn all her dresses—Atchison Globe. Many a man who would like to re form the world has a front gate that won't stay shut.—Ram's Horn. Borrows--"Have you any spare funds?" Lenddes (curtly)—"My funds are all spare."—Chicago Record. "Nothing succeeds like distress,' remarked the beggar, as he counted his coin at the end of the day.—Fun. Little grains of wis<lom, I.ittlo bits of sense, Have » way of making Cupid less intense. —Detroit Free Press. The battleship does well enough at long rauge, but when she comes on a reef, then comes the tug.—Boston Transcript. A good many boys have turned out badly, because they had fathers who made them work with a dull hoe.— Ram's Horn. "There's a lesson to be learned from the pin, my son. It is given a head that it may not go too far."—Boston Transcript. The man who discovered that the darkest hour is just before the dawn, must have been making a night of it. —Philadelphia Life. Teacher—"ln the sentence, 'Time is money,' can you parse money?" Scholar—"Yes'm, if it is good muuey." Detroit Free Press. Polite Gentleman (in street car) "Take my seat, madame." Lady— "Never mind, thank you. I get out here, too."—New York Weekly. That woman the w>«ker vessel J9 Full many a doubt he hath. Who feels the weighty contents of The vials of her wrath. —l'uek. In Iceland whistling is regarded as a violation of the divine law. in most countries, however, it is regarded only as a confounded nuisance. Boston Transcript. Oriticua—"lM be ashamed to write Hiieh stuff »* you write." Authors— "Of courac. you would. Everybody would «ay it WHS plagiarized." -Phi cago Record. Miunie--"l>on't ymi think our modern atylea «re juat horrid? I do." Mamie "IN that the reason yon are utill wearing your laat year's bon net ?" Indianapolis .Journal. The era of execaaive mid eriiel pun ishment has not yet wholly passei) Hway. A Hooialiat agitator wan aeu tenoed to hard labor in Oorinaay tho other ilav. - -I'ourier-Jonrnal. Wealerly "I lull you thero'a elec tricity in the uir out Went You emit get the Chicago *tini«|<Wr« in New York. ' Hililaou "Yf», you cau. Walk juat beliinl a garlmgt- cart. Kate Kleld'» Wiwluugton. Mra. Van Aalhelt "I «U|>|HlM you lak>' a lively interest in th« (Hililwi ol your country, Lord HatonormeV Lord Hnxouorme i*ith prnle -"Oh, ilntr, iiu. 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